# IMAAD WASIF Releases Cinematic Video for “Fader,” Sixth Album “So Long Mr. Fear” Out August 9th - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/ - Published: 2022-08-04T14:30:00-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/97b13bee- 3fc9-3059-247b-7b5271bef736.jpg?w=1290&ssl=1) “From the top of his Noel Fielding-with-his-fingers-in-a-power-socket hair to the bottom of his pointy shoes, some-time Yeah Yeah Yeahs fret-botherer Imaad Wasif is painfully cool. [He’s] bound to make legions of indie kids cream their skinny jeans, but for good reason.” – **_NME_** “In ways subtle and direct, Wasif, a self-described “spinner of webs,” entangles us in nothing less than his own reckoning. It’s liberating.” –**_ [BUZZBANDS.LA](http://buzzbands.la/)_** “Wasif takes the listener on a different journey from astral projection to self- discovery and everywhere in between.” –  **_BEARDED GENTLEMEN_** “Imaad Wasif is a shapeshifter, morphing fluidly from sideman to frontman to solo artist in the span of a few albums.” – **_PASTE_** “… haunting, mysterious and evocative…” – **_LA WEEKLY_** **IMAAD WASIF** **Releases Cinematic “[Fader](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=1dbf23e2be&e=615f2b8493)” Video** **Achingly Haunting Sixth Album [_So Long Mr. Fear_](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=0a21544652&e=615f2b8493) Out August 9th **AUGUST 2, 2022 (Los Angeles, CA) – **Acclaimed Los Angeles singer, guitarist, and songwriter **IMAAD WASIF** today releases a romantic, dreamlike video to his soaring single “[**Fader**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=fb26bd083f&e=615f2b8493).” Taken from his sixth studio album [_**So Long Mr. Fear **_](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=4c76fddd22&e=615f2b8493)( release date: **August 9, 2022 **_via_** Sonic Ritual**), the “Fader” video is a gorgeously shot mood piece that reflects the graceful beauty of the single. Amidst scenes of a couple slow dancing while Wasif plays a grand piano, and other visual vignettes, the tilaka painted on his forehead is a cultural reminder of his “personal secular spiritual beliefs.” He adds, “The mark is worn as a direct confrontation of a philosophically diametric upbringing: My mother Hindu and my father Muslim.” “I imagine ‘Fader’ as the song you hear playing inside a piano lounge tucked in a discreet strip mall,” director **Gillian Garcia **says. “Inside you find a hidden world—a mystifying person plays the piano and sings in a corner while a lone couple dance underneath a disco ball.” Imaad Wasif - Fader (Official Video) [⌊Imaad Wasif - Fader (Official Video)⌉⌊Imaad Wasif - Fader (Official Video)⌉ Watch this video on YouTube **IMAAD WASIF “Fader”** When creating this single, a song with the spellbinding couplet, “If I die next to you there would be no defeat/Only glory that would shine down on me,” Wasif and his collaborators harnessed piano, keyboard and long, moaning guitar notes that drift through the measures. “Fader” also features singer **Jen Wood **(_The Postal Service, Tattle Tale_).   ![](https://i0.wp.com/mcusercontent.com/f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984/images/76cdb681- d121-72a2-2b1e-160aff806a94.jpeg?w=1290&ssl=1) **IMAAD WASIF** Photo credit: Glen Han Like the first single, _So Long Mr. Fear _as a whole features Wasif’s clear and crisp vocals amid lush instrumental arrangements that belies the album’s actual remote recording arrangement. “We built a tunnel through the goddamned pandemic,” Wasif says about tracking most of the album in isolation but in conjunction with producer and long-time collaborator **Bobb Bruno** of Best Coast. Like songwriting experts such as Lee Hazelwood, Leonard Cohen, and Nick Cave, on _So Long Mr. Fear_, Wasif, collaborator Bruno, and mixer GRAMMY®-nominated **Lewis Pesacov** (_Best Coast, Nikki Lane, FIDLAR, Local Natives_) unearth big ideas by carving away at smaller things until they glisten with universality.  Tender yet enigmatic vulnerability is reflected effortlessly in the album’s ten tracks. Largely acoustic and warmly produced to allow his vocals the space to breathe, _So Long Mr. Fear_ utilizes atmosphere and texture to occupy the same wavelength as rhythm and melody to soaring heights. For the first time in his guitar-focused recording life, Wasif wrote a lot of _So Long Mr. Fear_ on piano. Yes, his expert use of open-tuned guitars, which add a luxurious, mysterious drone, endures; but the circumstances – forced isolation wrought by the pandemic – afforded him the time to mine new instrumental veins. Recording most of his master takes while both singing and playing, the aim was to excavate songs without overthinking – relying on what Wasif calls “the simplicity of their compositions – the direct passage into the emotional realms that I feel most at home in.”  **“Fader” lyrics:** Come see my dropout pieceCan I tempt you with scenes you can’t ignore?I don’t feel peaceAs I’m waiting for the beast to transformOh and this curse could be brokenLike a shadow in the nightI won’t look backBut maybe I don’t want to forgetIt’s been trippin’ me up inside since I came hereAnd I wont be satisfied til I loseHanging on to life as a faderToo wasted to realize the absoluteI’m incompleteI wander the back streetsThough I’m closer now than ever beforeAnd if I die next to youThere would be no defeatOnly glory that would shine down on meOh but our time is borrowedIn the quicksilver sandThere for a flashBut we could not pass through undetectedIt’s been trippin’ me up inside since I came hereAnd I wont be satisfied til I loseHanging on to life as a faderToo wasted to realize the absolute With five critically-hailed previous albums under his belt, _So Long Mr. Fear_ is the sixth solo album for this accomplished artist. During Wasif’s life as a musician he’s been with bands including early slo-core noise rock duo **lowercase**; psychedelic folk group **alaska!**; and Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr. member Lou Barlow’s project **the Folk Implosion**. Those not familiar with his riffs and solos for **Electric Flower Group, Grim Tower** and **ACID** might recognize his electrifying work as a touring member of the **Yeah Yeah Yeahs**. **Imaad Wasif**’s video for “[**Fader**](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=da2af2ed73&e=615f2b8493)” is out today.  _**So Long Mr. Fear**_ will be released on **August 9, 2022** _via_** Sonic Ritual.** [[ album art **_SO LONG MR. FEAR_** Elemental Come Around I Am Free [Fader](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=f908888f0b&e=615f2b8493) Poet Of The Damned Painted On Place In The Dark Regeneration So Long Mr. Fear Jealous Kind **[Website](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=f9cd5dc56f&e=615f2b8493) | [Facebook](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=2a3ed8361c&e=615f2b8493) | [Instagram](https://reybee.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f67b4587af2b2ef9aa80ed984&id=398dfbcdaf&e=615f2b8493)** ### Share this: * [ Facebook ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=x) * [ Email ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20IMAAD%20WASIF%20Releases%20Cinematic%20Video%20for%20%22Fader%2C%22%20Sixth%20Album%20%22So%20Long%20Mr.%20Fear%22%20Out%20August%209th&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyrdcast.com%2Fimaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th%2F&share=email) * [ LinkedIn ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=linkedin) * [ Mastodon ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=mastodon) * [ Nextdoor ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=nextdoor) * [ Pinterest ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=pinterest) * [ Reddit ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=reddit) * [ Tumblr ](https://www.nyrdcast.com/imaad-wasif-releases-cinematic-video-for-fader-sixth-album-so-long-mr-fear-out-august-9th/?share=tumblr) ### Like this: Like Loading… ### _Related_