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• Paul Simon's 15th solo studio album, Seven Psalms, is an unusual, introspective work released in May 2023. The record is a single continuous piece divided into seven movements, or "psalms." This structure reflects the inspiration drawn from the biblical Book of Psalms.
• The lyrics of Seven Psalms grapple with themes of mortality, spirituality, and the meaning of life, likely influenced by Simon's age - he was 81 when it was released.
  
  "Your Forgiveness" is the fourth of the seven "psalms." It finds Simon exploring the search for forgiveness, both human and divine.
• Seven Psalms features several exotic instruments, including the theorbo, a large plucked-string instrument that originated in Italy during the late 16th century. It belongs to the lute family and is distinguished by its elongated neck and double set of strings.
  
  "There is a touch of theorbo on a couple of tracks," Simon told Uncut magazine. "I was really attracted to the instrument; it came from some Renaissance music I was listening to. I booked a whole session with Renaissance musicians from London and initially nothing came from its, but you can hear it on the bit called 'Your Forgiveness,' which features an English Renaissance octet, Voces8."
  
  "There are also these cloud bowls, an instrument invented by the composer Harry Partch," he added. "If you could imagine a giant wine glass held upside down, two or three feet in diameter, placed above four feet of the floor, well the opening of that glass is the cloud bowl."
  
  Simon previously played Partch's cloud-chamber bowls on the Stranger to Strange track "Insomniac's Lullaby."