Articles of Interest: Paisley, podcast by Avery Trufelman
2022
Hide & See, film by Mimi Bai & Sam Jones (premiere at Maryland Film Festival)
2022
Starch, film by Ajai Vishwanath
2022
Tanais, fashion video series by Tanaïs Nandini Islam
2021
Pinna, Celebrating Holidays: Ramadan, audiobook by Torran Wakefield-Thompson for Pinna.fm
2019
We May Never Dance Again, dance by Raja Feather Kelly at Invisible Dog Art Center
2018
Vacation Time / Vacate Now, score for installation by sculptor David Hoffos, Wreck City
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“Pulled from a singular palette of source material, but translating the inspiration into something entirely distinct. Specifically, Alam is able to uncover Eastern sounds out of Western instruments in a way that defies the standard impression of either.” - Stereogum
“Draws from a range of influences, from My Bloody Valentine, to the cinematic extravagance of Bollywood, to the gyrating percussions of Qawwali, a genre of devotional Sufi music known for its rhythm and lyricism. The result is a refined family of sounds that braids South Asian soundscapes into a distinctive favor of spacious psych-pop.” - Pacific Standard
“A marvelously mellow kind of psych-pop, clean and sparkly like a diamond baguette, dappled with Bollywood-toned lilts.” - Vice
“Distinct songs equally informed by a childhood listening to Bollywood music and by the sounds heard in India.” - Village Voice
“Integrates Indian influences and Western pop in psychedelic ways that would make George Harrison proud.” - The Deli Magazine
“Humeysha melts modal guitars and puja bells with a reverbed vocal that scans as post-Panda Bear, but with less Brian Wilson and more fodder for mantra." - Revolt