I was in Kabul when two Taliban gunmen stormed the Serena Hotel. I escaped into the Afghan winter, covered in another man's blood. Seven people did not. One attacker was captured alive, with a suicide vest he could not bring himself to detonate.
For years, one question remained: Am I still here?
Stems from Darkness is the work that followed.
SkopeMag: “It’s a big swing. But on the strength of this first single, Farran can clearly carry it. ‘absoluted II’ isn’t background music and doesn’t want to be. It’s a song about the things people carry long after everyone else has moved on, and it stays with you the same way.”
Live performance with Jules Pampena (drums), Simon Boisseau (piano), Emmanuelle Orange-Parent (backing vocals)
Eclipsed, the second single from Stems from Darkness, is built on restrained, slow-burning cinematic rock.
ALBUM
Stems from Darkness is a 12-track album of cinematic baritone rock. Narrative-driven and spare, built on restraint and slow escalation.
The record moves through rupture, distance, fragmented memory and the slow return to presence.
March 26, 2027