Rostam Announces Second Album 'Changephobia', Drops New Single 4Runner
Wednesday, 03 March 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Jason Stone
Rostam has shared details of his second solo album.
The follow-up to his 2017 debut 'Half-Light' is called 'Changephobia' and will arrive on June 4 via the former Vampire Weekend member's own label Matsor Projects (via Secretly Distribution).
It'll include the previously released singles These Kids We Knew and Unfold You, along with the newly unveiled euphoric, indie-pop offering 4Runner. Head below for its accompanying road trip-themed video along with the record's artwork and tracklist.
The record was written and produced by Rostam over the last three years, during which he also worked on Clairo's 2019 debut album, 'Immunity', as well as HAIM's 2020 LP 'Women in Music Pt. III'. Discussing its title, he said:
"A few years ago I met a stranger on a park bench, somehow I found myself opening up to him; revealing recent changes in my life that had altered its course, and he said, "Change is good. Go with it." I realized that I had never heard that sentiment expressed before.
"Transphobia, biphobia, homophobia— these words hold a weight of threat, and it occurred to me that the threats they bare — the fears they describe — are rooted in a fear of change: a fear of the unknown, of a future that is not yet familiar, one in which there is a change of traditions, definitions, and distributions of power.
"So gender, too, was on my mind while creating this album, as I came to find myself writing about love and connection but not wanting to place relationships in a gendered context.
"This collection of songs is not celebrating a fear of change. Rather, it’s the opposite. It’s about who we are capable of becoming if we recognize these fears in ourselves and rise above them."
'Changephobia' tracklist:
1. These Kids We Knew
2. From the Back of a Cab
3. Unfold You
4. 4Runner
5. Changephobia
6. Kinney
7. Bio18
8. [interlude]
9. To Communicate
10. Next Thing
11. Starlight
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