A Body Full Of Tears, by Shoeb Ahmad

A Body Full Of Tears

by Shoeb Ahmad

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EMD Gorgeous tones, voices–

sort of mystical: dark, deep,

but necessary.

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comeawaywithemd.com/very-good-haiku-a-2021-music-writing-experiment/ Favorite track: deficit.

pacheddi This music really gets under my skin, so much so that it shakes me a little. It can be hard in its beats and other sounds, yet somehow is also gentle, lyrical and otherworldly at the same time. Favorite track: team pressure.

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	1.	hipless 02:49
	2.	flaw, featured 04:02
	3.	team pressure 04:38
	4.	double checks against the corner (b) 04:51
	5.	blown out/trace out 01:19
	6.	deficit 06:47
	7.	bloodwork 05:09
	8.	#8 (ft. Erasers) 04:05

about

Sia Ahmad returns with A Body of Full Of Tears, the Canberra sound artist’s first new work as Shoeb Ahmad since “quiver” (2018) and their departure from critically-acclaimed jazz ensemble Tangents.

Where “quiver” embodied themes of dysphoria and identity with a soul-pop conceit, ABFOT dives headfirst into the tumult beneath waves of distorted sound, obscuring Ahmad’s foundational songwriting in the process. It’s the cathartic din of an artist rediscovering the expressive and electronic elements of their early practice, marked by a period of deep isolation where questions of artistic and familial identity prevailed.

All profits from sales go towards ongoing contributions made to Aboriginal Legal NSW/ACT and Pay The Rent.

credits

released November 6, 2020

Produced by Sia Ahmad with contributions from -

Kate Ahmad, Ismail Ahmad, Alisha Bourke, Rhys Butler, Daniel Cunningham, Hannah de Feyter, Evan Dorrian, Angie Hart, Peter Hollo, Jamie Hutchings, Luke Keanan-Brown, Peter Kossen, Kellie Lloyd, Tom Lyngcoln, Rebecca Orchard, Lisa Salvo, Joel Saunders, Bonnie Stewart, Rupert Thomas and Becki Whitton.

words + music Ahmad
flaw, featured words Ahmad music Ahmad, Hollo, Thomas
#8 words Orchard music Ahmad, Orchard, Thomas

Imagined on Ngunnawal land between
bushfire season and iso-era Twenty-Twenty

Mastered by Becki Whitton
Illustration by Nadia Prihani Hooton
Photography by Krei Manzo
Design + Collage by Adam J Bragg

Special thanks to You Are Here Canberra and Angus Andrew

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