Former Vampire Weekend player Rostam is getting set to deliver his new solo album Changephobia, and to amp the excitement a bit, he's today shared the record's title track.
"Changephobia" follows recent teasers like "These Kids We Knew" and "4Runner." As a press release puts it, "'Changephobia' names its struggle in its title, ruminating on the fears that keep us stagnant."
Of the song, Rostam himself explained the following:
"Changephobia" was one of the last songs I finished writing for this album. The chorus came to me sitting at the piano in my living room; I spent weeks picking up and putting down ideas for the verses. One day I sat down with an acoustic guitar, feeling close to giving up on the song altogether: all of a sudden a new melody, a new feeling, and new words came out of me and I felt like I could be honest with myself about what I wanted to say. The song 'Changephobia' is partly about something we can all be guilty of, avoiding our own feelings. I think of it as a reminder not to.
Listen to "Changephobia" over here or down below.
Changephobia is due out via Matsor Projects/Secretly Distribution on June 4. Rostam's last proper album was 2017's Half-Light.
"Changephobia" follows recent teasers like "These Kids We Knew" and "4Runner." As a press release puts it, "'Changephobia' names its struggle in its title, ruminating on the fears that keep us stagnant."
Of the song, Rostam himself explained the following:
"Changephobia" was one of the last songs I finished writing for this album. The chorus came to me sitting at the piano in my living room; I spent weeks picking up and putting down ideas for the verses. One day I sat down with an acoustic guitar, feeling close to giving up on the song altogether: all of a sudden a new melody, a new feeling, and new words came out of me and I felt like I could be honest with myself about what I wanted to say. The song 'Changephobia' is partly about something we can all be guilty of, avoiding our own feelings. I think of it as a reminder not to.
Listen to "Changephobia" over here or down below.
Changephobia is due out via Matsor Projects/Secretly Distribution on June 4. Rostam's last proper album was 2017's Half-Light.