Half-Light (album)

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

References