Faten Kanaan announces new album

Amman, Jordan-based composer, musician, and producer, Faten Kanaan, has announced details of her follow-up to 2023’s Afterpoem.

Diary of a Candle will be released on October 17, once again via Fire Records, and today she shares the lead single, Afternoon, which you can watch/ listen to below.

Following Afterpoem and 2020’s Mythology of Circles, Diary of a Candle is Kanaan’s third full-length release this decade. Inspired by the hazy atmospheres of 1970s/1980s films, Kanaan employs modern minimalism and early baroque to create something that is mysterious and melodic.

Speaking of Diary of a Candle, Kanaan comments:

“I wrote the album while looking out at the garden. I imagined the spirits in plants and in objects watching us at their own pace…even the spirits in rocks and candles and souvenirs in a room. I wonder if they resent or pity us, or if they just can’t be bothered”.

“After 20 years of living in New York I relocated (indefinitely) to Amman, Jordan with my cat. Adapting to a new yet familiar topography has changed my relationship with nature. I notice more of its subtleties while living alongside ancient stones, walking on the steep streets, and having a garden to tend. It’s a daily privilege being able to find calm here, especially when surrounded by the regional suffering so close by.”