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The record is her fourth album and the follow-up to last year’s Chaos Angel. Written. It was recorded with her regular collaborators Christian Lee Hutson – who Hawke recently married – and Benjamin Lazar Davis, it was tracked over the autumn and winter of 2025 in Woodstock and New York City, with contributions from bandmates Will Graefe, Odessa Jorgensen and Michael Riddleberger.
Hawke has explained that the album is built around a central persona named Maitreya Corso. Described as a “magical misfit”, the character serves as a conduit for exploring themes of ego and creation. “Devil You Know”, written in part between New York and Los Angeles, is about "trying to keep ambition and greed out of the creative process," says Hawke.
Maitreya Corso "is generally is about learning to protect the precious from the poisonous. Protect creation from pride. Protect love from control. Protect collaboration from jealousy.”
The release date for the album coincides with the announcement of Hawke’s first US tour in three years. She's also set to appear alongside Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson and Debbie Harry at the Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan on 3 March.
Maitreya Corso artwork
Maitreya Corso tracklist
“Love of My Life”
“Devil You Know”
“Lioness”
“Heavy Rain”
“Last Living Lost Cause”
“Last Thoughts on Morning Star”
“Bring Home My Man”
“Great Minds”
“Green Dragon”
“Slacker in the Rye”
“Terms of Estrangement”
“Maitreya and the Way Back”
“Dream House”
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