Parissa Tosif Shares Final Single ‘Mysterious (دریا)’ Ahead Of Her Debut Solo Album
Parissa Tosif's debut album I have this memory of you is out in March.
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The centrepiece of Iranian-Australian artist Parissa Tosif’s debut album I have this memory of you, which is out Friday 26 March (pre-save here), ‘Mysterious (دریا)’ is produced by Alice Ivy and features a meeting of the old and new, with traditional Iranian instruments such as the daf, tombak and oud, complementing the song’s electronic production.
“Working with Annika (Alice Ivy) was a really special experience,” says Tosif. “She held the story so gently and allowed me to bring out my exploration through writing. She’s incredibly talented at finding the right sounds to fit the emotion of a story.”
As for the song itself, ‘Mysterious (دریا)’ is a reinterpretation of a manuscrio Tosif’s great uncle wrote during a time of uncertainty in Iran.
“I wanted this song to feel as ethereal and otherworldly as I felt when reading Advice of the Sage of the Allahu Akbar Mountain Pass, which is a mystical story written by my mum's uncle during a time when he was facing huge challenges in his life,” explains Tosif. “The story struck me for so many reasons. Writing this song has played a big part in helping me connect to my heritage and find roots in the confusion of the second-generation experience. It felt so comforting to know there was another poet/creative in my family, and how he channelled his suffering into helping them.”
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Following the previously released singles ‘River (گلریز)’, ‘Fury (نیلوفر آبی)’ and ‘I Sing For You (پروانه)’, the final taste of Tosif’s debut album showcases the fluid nature of her music that moves between the past and present, East and West, across ten tracks.
Each song, she adds of I have this memory of you, “is like emptying out that discovery — a mirror of what I’ve found and what I’m still learning.”
‘Mysterious (دریا)’ by Parissa Tosif is out now. Listen here. I have this memory of you is out independently Friday 26 March. Pre-save here.
