Artist:
Rostam
Genre:
Alternative/Indie Rock
Left-Field Pop
Indie Rock
Pop/Rock
Indie Electronic
Total Time:
30:00
Record Label:
Matsor Projects
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
May 15, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Rostam
Genre:
Alternative/Indie Rock
Left-Field Pop
Indie Rock
Pop/Rock
Indie Electronic
Total Time:
30:00
Record Label:
Matsor Projects
Purchase Album:
CD, Amazon Music, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
May 15, 2026
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: The cover of Rostam Batmanglij’s third solo album depicts an upside-down American flag, a move that traditionally symbolizes a nation in crisis—however, the stars and stripes have also been given a pastel-hued makeover that suggests a more idiosyncratic sensibility at play.
It’s an effective visual cue for what awaits on American Stories, which sees the ex-Vampire Weekend member ruminating on his place as a US-born citizen of Iranian descent in a time of geopolitical unrest, while embracing music’s potential to foster cross-cultural connection.
The opener, “Like a Spark,” sees Rostam channeling the pastoral hymns of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks, before the introduction of Amir Yaghmai’s saz (a Turkish lute) forges a harmonious fusion of Western and Middle Eastern folk traditions that puts the album’s thesis statement in action.
American Stories is, at its core, an acoustic singer-songwriter record, but one that makes full of use the eclectic production palette Rostam has honed on records by HAIM and Clairo (who turns up on the chamber-pop reverie “Hardy”), yielding a mercurial mix of dusty drum breaks, pedal-steel sweeps, and microtonal melodies that make the album feel like a vibrant kitchen-table gathering where everyone’s welcome.
It’s an effective visual cue for what awaits on American Stories, which sees the ex-Vampire Weekend member ruminating on his place as a US-born citizen of Iranian descent in a time of geopolitical unrest, while embracing music’s potential to foster cross-cultural connection.
The opener, “Like a Spark,” sees Rostam channeling the pastoral hymns of Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks, before the introduction of Amir Yaghmai’s saz (a Turkish lute) forges a harmonious fusion of Western and Middle Eastern folk traditions that puts the album’s thesis statement in action.
American Stories is, at its core, an acoustic singer-songwriter record, but one that makes full of use the eclectic production palette Rostam has honed on records by HAIM and Clairo (who turns up on the chamber-pop reverie “Hardy”), yielding a mercurial mix of dusty drum breaks, pedal-steel sweeps, and microtonal melodies that make the album feel like a vibrant kitchen-table gathering where everyone’s welcome.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Like a Spark
(03:32)
2 . Back of a Truck (04:01)
3 . ifferent Light (03:12)
4 . Hardy (feat. Clairo) Rostam feat. Clairo (03:53)
5 . Forgive Is to Know (04:40)
6 . To Feel No Way (02:42)
7 . The Road to Death (02:28)
8 . Come Apart (02:08)
9 .The Weight Rostam feat. Amir Yaghmai (04:19)
2 . Back of a Truck (04:01)
3 . ifferent Light (03:12)
4 . Hardy (feat. Clairo) Rostam feat. Clairo (03:53)
5 . Forgive Is to Know (04:40)
6 . To Feel No Way (02:42)
7 . The Road to Death (02:28)
8 . Come Apart (02:08)
9 .The Weight Rostam feat. Amir Yaghmai (04:19)
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