Rostam returns with new album in June

Rostam's new album Changephobia is due out June 4 on Matsor Projects. Alongside the announcement, he shares new single “4Runner.” Previously released singles include “These Kids We Knew” and “Unfold You,” whose video featured actress Hari Nef.

Stream “4Runner” HERE

Rostam Batmanglij is the Grammy award-winning producer of eight full-length albums, Changephobia is the ninth, and the second album of his artist project, for which he uses just his first name, Rostam.

In a departure from many of Rostam’s previous records, Changephobia doesn’t feature baroque lines, harpsichord, or references to classical music.

“The harpsichord and the cello are these iconic instruments of baroque music — my love affair with them is obvious from a decade of referencing Bach and using those instruments in songs. But in the last few years, and throughout this album, I became obsessed with the Baritone sax, inspired by jazz on a deeper level than ever before, and wanting to bring those things into my musical world.”

The record touches on global warming (“These Kids We Knew”), sharing a cab ride out of town with a loved one (“From the Back of a Cab”), sex (“Unfold You”), and the distinctly American phenomenon of the road trip (“4Runner”).

Watch “These Kids We Knew” HERE

About Rostam

One of the founding members of Vampire Weekend, Rostam Batmanglij has produced Haim's Women in Music Pt III (nominated for Album of the Year at the forthcoming Grammy Awards) and Clairo's Immunity albums, done soundtrack work for film, TV and Broadway, as well as collaborative work with the likes of Hamilton Leithauser, Lykke Li, Maggie Rogers and many others.

Preorder Changephobia HERE

Track list:

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