OMAR SOULEYMAN To Syria With Love 2LP Coloured Vinyl NEW 2017
TRACKLISTING
Ya Boul Habar
Ya Bnayya
Es Samra
Aenta Lhabbeytak
Khayen
Mawal
Chobi
Tensana
The follow-up to 2015’s Bahdeni Nami, To Syria, With Love marks Omar Souleyman’s third full-length studio record. It is a departure musically and lyrically from his previous material, with focus on more elaborate keyboard and techno elements. Completely setting politics aside, Souleyman consciously shares this personal ode to his native country with an emphasis on his emotional connection to the land and people but not without heartache in view of the nation’s current state.
“It’s been six years I’ve been away, and I’m tired of looking for home and asking about my loved ones. My soul is wounded and it’s like having dust in my eyes,” Souleyman sings on the album. “We are in exile, and our nights are long. Our homeland is our only comfort. Life caused us so much pain—our wounds are too many and every wound calls out, ‘We miss Al-Jazira’.”
This double-LP format is pressed on multi coloured yellow, orange, white and clear red vinyl.