Shida Shahabi to release sophomore album, ‘Living Circle’

Fans of Stars Of The Lid, Sarah Davachi, Max Richter, and Labradford will appreciate the album’s slow and expansive sonic realms. The album follows Shahabi’s 2018 debut, ‘Homes,’ which drew widespread praise for its homespun warmth.

Shahabi, born in 1989 to Iranian parents, grew up in a home filled with the sounds of both ‘70s Persian pop and classical works, and her earliest compositions were notes she played by ear on the family piano. Following four years studying fine art at Stockholm’s Royal Institute of Art, Shahabi began freelancing as a musician and composing music for dance, cinema, theatre and fine art contexts, as well as taking her first steps as a solo artist.