Half-Light is the debut solo studio album by American musician Rostam, released on September 15, 2017. The album peaked at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and received generally favorable reviews.
Background Half-Light was released a year after his departure from his acclaimed indie-pop band, Vampire Weekend, and his successful collaboration with the former The Walkmen singer, Hamilton Leithauser, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine. The album contains several tracks that were written many years before the release of Half-Light, with one song being written ten years prior to the album's release.
Track listing All tracks written and produced by Rostam Batmanglij, except where noted.
Notes signifies a lyricist.
Sample credits "Sumer" contains samples from "Sumer Is Icumen In" performed by The Revels Chorus. "Never Going To Catch Me" contains an interpolation of "Ndini Baba" by Dumisani Maraire. "Don't Let It Get To You" contains a sample from "The Obvious Child" as performed by Paul Simon. "When" contains excerpts from "You Are All I See" by Active Child.
Personnel
Musicians Rostam Batmanglij – vocals , drum programming , piano , synth , sampler , drums , acoustic guitar , string arrangement , electric guitar , bass , harpsichord , glasser , shaker , 12-string guitar , hand drums , double bass , harmonizer , horn arrangement , slide guitar Cameron Mesirow – backup vocals Garrett Ray – drums Hamilton Berry – cello Tony Flynt – double bass Kelly Zutrau – vocals Nick Rowe – hand claps , lap slaps Jonathan Chu – violin Max Wang – double bass Andrew Bulbrook – violin Angel Deradoorian – vocals , choir vocals Abhiman Kaushal – tabla Binki Shaprio – background vocals Adam Schatz – saxophone Joe Santa Maria – saxophone
Production Rostam Batmanglij – production, mixing , engineering ; design and layout, front cover Polaroid digital pixelation Ariel Rechtshaid – additional production , engineering Francis Farewell Starlite – additional production Dave Fridmann – mixing Rob Orton – mixing Emily Lazar – mastering Chris Allgood – mastering assistance Nick Rowe – engineering Shane Stoneback – engineering Chris Rakestraw – engineering Justin Gerrish – engineering Michael Harris – engineering John DeBold – engineering Chris Kasych – engineering Logan Patrick – engineering Dave Schiffman – engineering Ben Tousley – design and layout Ezra Koenig – front cover Polaroid Jake Longstreth – back cover painting
Charts Chart (2017) Peak position
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