Yara Asmar

Beirut based experimental artist and puppeteer (that's a new one), Yara Asmar, originally recorded music for her various puppet film projects, strange and otherworldly pieces of drone, ambient, and classical minimalism serving as scores for the movies.  Sometime around the beginning of the pandemic, a friend convinced her to start releasing the work on its own, and so here we are with the artist's most recent release, "Everyone I Love Is Sleeping and I Love Them So Much."  The record feels equal parts experimental drone and folk horror, and plays as the perfect accompaniment to a grey and dreary fall day.  Check out "To Die on Any Hill (If It's Easy Enough to Climb)" below and download the album here from Hive Mind Records or here from Time Released Sound & Time Sensitive Materials (the vinyl is long gone).