Ruptured is pleased to share two new releases that arrived this season from artists working through very different forms, but shaped by similarly difficult and transformative conditions.

Out now, May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable is the new full-length by Charbel Haber, written and recorded in Paris in early 2025. It is his first solo album since leaving Beirut, emerging from a period marked by distance and ongoing upheaval.

Built through layered guitar, looper pedals, and modular synthesis, the record unfolds gradually, with melodic lines that stretch patiently across long-form compositions. Some pieces accumulate into dense and saturated structures, while others remain sparse and restrained.

The album was composed, performed, recorded, and produced by Charbel Haber, mixed by Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios in Beirut, and mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market in Montreal. Artwork by Ali Cherri. Liner notes by Vanessa Ague. Released by Ruptured on vinyl and digital formats, distributed worldwide by Cargo UK.

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Also newly announced is Sawt El Doumouh (The Sound of Tears), the second solo album by Beirut-based artist, singer, and actor Sandy Chamoun, out June 5 on Ruptured.

Many listeners will know Chamoun through SANAM, Ghadr, and The Great Departed, projects through which she has consistently approached voice as something both musical and social, drawing from folk traditions, satire, theater, and collective forms of performance from Lebanon and across the Arab world.

Written between 2023 and 2025 during the recent war in Lebanon, Sawt El Doumouh brings together Tarab, Sardinian Cantu, sparse electronics, and percussion in a collection centered on expression under pressure, and on what remains possible to voice in conditions of exhaustion and collapse.

The album was produced by Sandy Chamoun and Anthony Sahyoun, who also handled synths and electronics. Percussion throughout the record is by Ali Hout, with buzuq by Abed Kobeissy on “Ataba.” It was recorded and mixed by Anthony Sahyoun at Tunefork Studios in Beirut and mastered by Heba Kadry in New York. The accompanying one-sheet was written by Daryl Worthington. Artwork by Elissa Assaf, with photography by Aya Saleh.

Sawt El Doumouh will be available digitally and on vinyl via Ruptured, and distributed worldwide by Cargo UK.

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