Passage du Desir

Passage du Desir
A graphic of a door with the title of the album above it
Studio album by
Johnny Blue Skies
ReleasedJuly 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)
Studio
Length41:43
LabelHigh Top Mountain
Producer
Sturgill Simpson chronology
The Ballad of Dood and Juanita
(2021) 		Passage du Desir
(2024)

"There's a contrarian in me that always wants to push against any kind of expectation. If something works, there's a thought in my brain, like, 'No, I'm being told to do that again'. I was in pain. I was pushing the world away."

—Sturgill Simpson on moving to Paris, adopting a stage name, and recording Passage du Desir[1]

Passage du Desir (French for "Passage of Desire") is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson, released under the alter ego Johnny Blue Skies. It was released on July 12, 2024, through High Top Mountain as Simpson's eighth total studio album. It has received positive reviews from critics. Simpson has stated that this album represents a new phase in his career and was not preceded by promotional singles,[2] but will be supported with a tour under his proper name with Johnny Blue Skies as a special guest.[3]

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