Rostam Shares 'Half-Light,' Final Single from Debut Solo Album Half-Light

Rostam shares "Half-Light," the title track from his forthcoming Nonesuch release, due September 15, 2017. Watch Lyric video for 'Half-Light' Rostam says of the song: "After I recorded the piano and my voice, I sat down at the drum kit and sketched in a beat. Then I picked up the bass and added acoustic guitars. The next thing was the fuzz guitar. I worked quickly and didn't think too much about anything as I was recording it. This is how I made music as a teenager with a four-track. I got as far as the first fade-out on the guitar solo, but I didn't feel like the song was done yet. Kelly Zutrau [of the band Wet] was staying in my back house and one day I said, 'Hey Kelly I've got this almost-finished song. Do you think you could help me figure out the ending for it?' Kelly wrote the part she sings and helped me write the part that I sing after the guitar solo as well. I love the shift in perspective she brought to the song."

Rostam is known for his work in Vampire Weekend (producing each of their three albums), Discovery, his album with Hamilton Leithauser, and recently his production work with Haim, Solange, Frank Ocean, Charlie XCX, Santigold and more. His kaleidoscopic debut album features fifteen songs that were written, produced, and performed by Rostam in his Los Angeles home studio. Half-Light is now available to pre-order on iTunes with an instant download of the album tracks "Gwan," "Bike Dream," "EOS," "Wood," "Don't Let It Get to You," and now, "Half-Light." Additionally, the tracks and pre-order are available in Rostam's web store and at nonesuch.com. Pre-orders in Rostam's web store include bundles with an offering of an exclusive t-shirt and hat, while pre-orders at nonesuch.com include an exclusive print-a limited number of which will be signed by Rostam.

Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Rostam Batmanglij was born to Iranian refugee parents in Washington, DC in 1983. He attended Columbia University, where he studied classical music and simultaneously focused on songwriting, recording, and production in his own time. In his last year at Columbia, he began producing the first full-length album of his career, Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut. That album would be the first of the band's three gold records with Rostam as producer.

Rostam announced his departure from Vampire Weekend in the beginning of 2016. By the end of that year he had contributed songwriting and production to several of the most important albums of the year-including Frank Ocean's Blonde, Solange's A Seat at the Table, and a collaborative full length with The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser; a playlist of his entire production discography is available onSpotify and Apple Music.

Live Show:

9/27 New York City, Music Hall of Williamsburg

In-Store Performances:

9/14 Los Angeles, Amoeba 6 pm performance (with full band) and signing

9/18 Seattle, Easy Street 7 pm performance and signing

Half-Light Track List

01. Sumer
02. Bike Dream
03. Half-Light ft Kelly Zutrau
04. Thatch Snow
05. Wood
06. Never Going To Catch Me
07. Don't Let It Get To You
08. I Will See You Again
09. Hold You ft. Angel Deradoorian
10. When
11. Rudy
12. Warning Intruders
13. EOS
14. Gwan
15. Don't Let It Get To You (Reprise)

ORDER:

Nonesuch Online Store

iTunes

Rostam Online Store

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