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A Study of Losses
Folk · 2025 · 18 tracks · 57m

A Study of Losses

Beirut

A sprawling, 18-track meditation on extinct things and lunar geography. Hushed vocals meet brass arrangements that sound like a ghost orchestra in a library.

April 18, 2025 · Pompeii Records (2)

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A profound, quiet sense of longing that feels both ancient and deeply personal.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 57m
01
Disappearances and Losses
2:24
02
Forest Encyclopedia
3:50
03
Oceanus Procellarum
2:24
04
Villa Sacchetti
3:26
05
Mare Crisium
2:46
06
Garbo’s Face
3:10
07
Mare Imbrium
2:11
08
Tuanaki Atoll
3:23
09
Mare Serinitatis
2:21
10
Guericke’s Unicorn
4:24
11
Mare Humorum
2:38
12
Sappho’s Poems
2:31
13
Ghost Train
3:42
14
Caspian Tiger
3:59
15
Mani’s 7 Books
3:11
16
The Moonwalker
3:47
17
Mare Nectaris
3:43
18
Mare Tranquillitatis
3:27
Moments Worth Listening For
The transition from the skeletal piano of Disappearances and Losses into the full, brassy swell of Forest Encyclopedia.
The recurring lunar 'Mare' interludes that use reverb-drenched flugelhorns to mimic the vastness of space.
The sudden, rhythmic swing of Ghost Train that feels like a haunted ballroom coming to life for three minutes.
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Library+4.0σ

Library saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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