Alabaster DePlume is set to release a new EP, Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue.
Spanning five tracks, the entirely instrumental record was recorded at Brooklyn’s Figure 8 Recording studio last March, with post-production work by DePlume carried out at London’s Total Refreshment Centre. It sees the artist play saxophones, sampler, synths and guitars, with support from Shahzad Ismaily on bass and Tcheser Holmes on drums.
The trio had been touring the US together around the time of recording the material on Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue, and had built such a strong on-stage rapport that they decided to capture that connection by taking some studio time out together. The record incorporates field recordings and samples of children playing and of normal life in the West Bank, which DePlume captured in Palestine when he recorded his Cremisan EP there.
The new record’s cover art depicts wheatpaste posters of a drawing made by a 13-year-old boy from Gaza, which has been used with permission. The inscription on the cover art says, in Arabic: “Dedicated to the mother of the martyr/witness Obaida Ahmed al-Qiram. May you rest in peace. From your student, the artist, Hasan Jawad Abudayyeh.”
Listen to lead track ‘It’s Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)’ below.
International Anthem will release Dear Children Of Our Children, I Knew: Epilogue on 5 May 2026.
