Side A 1. Healing 2. I Smile For E 3. Tell Me 4. From a Sandbox 5. Fables (feat. Beck) 6. Hesitations 7. Gone Astray Side B 1. Bended Light 2. Ode to Dad 3. Rise So I Rose 4. Futbol 5. Nazila 6. Libra Sun 7. Note to Self Based in upstate New York, Rahill Jamalifard is a multidisciplinary artist working within numerous overlapping musico-poetic traditions. Her creative practice includes songwriting, as well as portraiture, DJing (both radio and live), and a more private pursuit of literature. Informed by her upbringing in a diasporic Iranian-American household, as well as her lifelong, genre-spanning musical explorations, Rahill’s forthcoming solo releases constitute, at once, a natural progression of—and departure from—her work with the seminal NYC psych-rock outfit, Habibi, which she co-founded in early twenty-teens. ? Rahill’s songs occupy a familiar, contemplative mode—blending jazz, trip/hip-hop, and folk traditions spanning east and west. ? Among the extensive list of talented players who have contributed their time and talent to Flowers At Your Feet, “Fables” features no less than art-pop revolutionary Beck, on vocals and as a producer. The track will also be accompanied by a music video starring both artists and Iranian-American actress Medalion Rahimi (NCIS: New Orleans). ? Rahill has garnered fans and co-signs from the likes of Beck, Michael Imperioli (Sopranos), BadBadNotGood, NTS, Dev Hynes, Egon (Now/Again), Zidane (Soccer Player), Vans (Brand), Aaron Frazier, Alex Epton (producer for FKA Twigs, Jamie xx, Vampire Weekend etc.), Academy Records, Chinatown Soccer Club and MoMA PS1. ? Rahill recently performed several new to-be-released songs as well as her cover of EP track “Haenim” that she sung in Farsi for the Iranian American designer Maryam Nassir Zadehs SS23 show for New York Fashion Week. ? Heavily championed by NTS Radio Rahill features in a monthly show selecting medlies of picks from her record collection, rooted in US jazz, with soul, folk and international sounds. Recommended if you like…Beck, Slauson Malone, Broadcast, Stereolab, Mazzy Star, Luscious Jackson, Madlib Press & Promo ? Rahill released her first solo EP Sun Songs on November 4th 2022 via Big Dada. ? The EP consists of lead singles “Aht Uh Mi Hed”–originally by Shuggie Otis–alongside “Haenim” by Korean psych-folk artist Kim Jung Mi, in which Rahill’s cover translates the Korean lyrics into Farsi. As well as “I Do Wonder” by American singer-songwriter and frontman of influential rock band Love’s Arthur Lee, and “Growing Pain” originally by Japanese multimedia artist, singer-songwriter and peace activist Yoko Ono. ? The EP release received initial press pick up from ByteFM, The Peak, UPROXX and feature articles have been locked in with Office Mag, Passerby and Maggot Brain. There have also been strong press features for Habibi with New York Times (mention), GQ, NPR, NME, New Yorker (mention), Exclaim! (mention), Talkhouse, American Songwriter. Their song “Sweetest Talk” was featured in actor/director James Francos short film series Episodes of an Untitled Film. ? UK radio support comes from Tom Ravenscroft on BBC 6 Music with guest mix and interview locked in for Feb to coincide with S1 “I smile for E” and album announcement. Other support comes from Jamz Supernova on BBC 1Xtra and Reprezent Radio and Naked Lunch with Simone Marie on Soho Radio with multiple plays for EP track “Aht Uh Mi Hed”.
