Afterpoem by Faten Kanaan

PRE-ORDER out 2/24/2023

Faten Kanaan's fifth LP Afterpoem is a mysterious, smudgy, bittersweet, and uniquely playful album. Deeply melodic, it continues her poignant exploration of counterpoint as a narrative tool.

From the repetitive structures of modern minimalism and early music/baroque influences - to more languid textural ebbs & tides, there's a warmth in her use of electronic instruments that gives the album a curiously timeless feel. Composing intuitively, her music has often been described as 'strange', mostly because it creates its own world- one that isn't easily categorised.

The album's title refers to the haze of a poem's intended meaning being abstractly fleeting and barely graspable. Glistening threads of understanding still touch us - the poetry becoming intimately personal, and no further literal explanation is needed.

"I find pleasure in music as a language that nudges and hints. There's a potential that lives in things left unsaid... meanings drifting in and out of focus... hovering like spirits. It's a romantic and earnest album... of yearning for lost places and people, while still looking out at the world with tenderness and humour".

Tracklist

1.	Fin août, début septembre	1:59

2.	Trenchcoat	2:13

3.	Ard Diar	3:25

4.	Ebla	4:59

5.	Florin Court	2:46

6.	Snowing	0:35

7.	Domari's Lamp	1:26

8.	Votive	3:41

9.	La Smorfia	3:59

10.	Castling	1:46

11.	Falconers	1:12

12.	Cascando	4:06

13.	Storm Signal	2:10