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- Summary: Rostam Batmanglij's third full-length solo release features guest appearance by Clairo and Amir Yaghmai.
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- Record Label: Matsor Projects
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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May 14, 2026A record of reflection and connection, it’s one that, at its best, ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year
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MojoMay 14, 2026Meticulous, inventive record. [Jul 2026, p.86]
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May 14, 2026American Stories is just nine songs, but pretty much every centimeter is garlanded with grabby bits of sonic filigree. Yet this isn’t just a talented producer flexing his studio muscles for the sake of it.
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May 14, 2026Probably Rostam’s most compact and thematically cohesive project, with almost all of the nine tracks on the 30-minute album leaning toward folk and Americana. After the explosive energy of the first two tracks, things calm way down.
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UncutMay 14, 2026Batmanglij rarely gets out of first gear, fussing through vanilla ballads like "Hardy" and "Forgive Is To Know". [Jun 2026, p.34]