Ana Roxanne brings together ambient and spoken word on new album

Sublime sonics.

Ana Roxanne is releasing a new album, titled Because of a Flower, via Kranky this November.

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The album is informed by Roxanne’s intersex identity and melds ambient with passages of spoken word taken from tonal harmony textbooks, cinematic dialogue samples, and castrati aria allusions.

Developed across the space of five years, Roxanne describes her process as beginning with “a drone element and a mood,” before later adding melodies, syllables, and lyrics.

Because of a Flower follows her 2019 ~~~ album on Leaving Records.

Head here to pre-order a copy in advance of Because of a Flower’s 13th November release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

2. A Study in Vastness

3. Suite pour l’invisible

4. – – –

5. Camille

6. Venus

7. Take the Thorn, Leave the Rose