Rostam – pictured with recent collaborator Hamilton-Leithauser – has shared his new track, ‘Half-Light (Feat. Wet’s Kelly Zutrau)’.
It’s the title-track from his new album of the same name, due for release on 15th September via Nonesuch.
“After I recorded the piano and my voice, I sat down at the drum kit and sketched in a beat,” Rostam says of the track. “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 was staying in my backhouse 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.’
Listen to ‘Half-Light (Feat. Wet’s Kelly Zutrau)’ below.