Rostam Unveils Star-Studded Video For New Track From The Back Of A Cab Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Rostam has shared a new track.
From The Back Of A Cab serves as the latest preview of the former Vampire Weekend member s upcoming sophomore album, Changephobia , due out on June 4 via his own label Matsor Projects (via Secretly Distribution).
The alt-pop offering rolls out over shuffling percussion and a lilting keyboard melody. He said: From The Back Of A Cab is probably my favorite song that I ve written. It started with the 12/8 drums something you find in Persian music and African music. I built the song around those drums over time, writing the piano part in my living room, the melodies and lyrics on foot walking in New York and Tokyo, on California s highways, and on the flights and car trips between all those places.
Rostam has released the new single “From the Back of a Cab,” along with a music video that features several of the musician/producer’s past collaborators.
Haim, Charli XCX, Kaia Gerber, Seth Bogart, Remi Wolf, Bryce Willard Smithe, Samantha Urbani, Wallows, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Nick Robinson all make appearances in the clip, riding in the back of the namesake cab. Rostam and Jason Lester co-directed the video, which was produced by Laura Burhenn for Our Secret Handshake.
“’From the Back of a Cab’ is probably my favorite song that I’ve written,” Rostam says. “It started with the 12/8 drums something you find in Persian music and African music. I built the song around those drums over time, writing the piano part in my living room, the melodies and lyrics on foot walking in New York and Tokyo, on California’s highways, and on the flights and car trips between all those places.”
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