Natural History Museum [LP]

Julia Sabra - Natural History Museum [LP]

"This album is a collection of songs written between 2020 and 2024 in Beirut. I wanted to capture them the way they were written by keeping the rawness and fragility intact, like the late-night voice memos I send to my bandmates as soon as I have a first draft of a song. Fadi and I decided to record them live on tape, with no overdubs, barely any effect -- with all the imperfections. Most of the tracks were done in one take only. Some were recorded in the studio, and some in the church I grew up going to every summer in Dhour Shweir. This is a collection of songs that slipped through the cracks, and some of the most personal ones I ever wrote. Songs about the port explosion, its aftermath, picking up the pieces and trying to move on, coming to terms with the past, regret and nostalgia for a childhood that lives only in memory, the uncertain future, learning to love, getting married, watching a genocide unfold on my phone screen, having it fill my every waking moment, imagining a better send off for all the dead, processing the violence and terror, and finding solace in community. These songs would've probably stayed in my 'songs in limbo' folder on my laptop had it not been for Pascal and Fadi, who pushed me to release them. And for this I'm eternally grateful." --Julia Sabra, September 2024 01. White Walls_x000D_ 02. Skyscape_x000D_ 03. I Want It All_x000D_ 04. Goodbye_x000D_ 05. Home Is So Sad_x000D_ 06. Fall From Grace_x000D_ 07. Hands_x000D_ 08. Dis, quand reviendras-tu? [Barbara cover]_x000D_ 09. Minor Detail