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The Pakistan-born, Brooklyn-based composer draws from jazz, Hindustani classical, and folk to create a heartbreaking, exquisite document of the journey from grief to acceptance.
Arooj Aftab had a very different record in mind when she started writing
Vulture Prince, the follow-up to 2018âs dreamy, ambient
Siren Islands. The Pakistan-born, Brooklyn-based composer envisioned an âedgierâ and âmore funâ update on the fragile soundscapes of her second record, as she recently told NPR. But while she was still in the middle of writing, Aftabâs world was buffeted by tragedy. At home, she lost her younger brother Maher, to whom the new album is dedicated. Outside, a world already embattled with a rising tide of hate and conflict was now struggling to grapple with a global pandemic.