Tracklist:

1. Abu Sinn
2. Bezreh
3. Firan
4. Balamida
5. Lekkos Ramle
6. Lekkos Sakhre
7. Mallifa
8. Sultan Brahim
9. Marmoura
10. Braa
11. Jaro

Prefaces is a Lebanese trio made up of long-standing members of Beiruts independent music scene: Charif Megarbane (Habibi Funk, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Hisstology Records), Salim Naffah (Alko B), and Pascal Semerdjian (Postcards, SANAM). On their sophomore album Acqua Marina, the band explore the desolate beach clubs along Lebanon’s coastline, turning a chance encounter into a lasting musical partnership. With its electric guitar interplays, vibrato action, and galloping rhythms, debut album Hippodrome (Hisstology Records, 2021) introduced Prefaces distinctive take on surf rock and Mediterranean guitar musica rich blend of cultures, genres, and traditions. East and West meet again on Acqua Marina, recorded at Beiruts Tunefork Studios and co-released by Ruptured and Hisstology Records. Where Hippodrome captured the energy of spontaneous collaboration, Acqua Marina marks the bands evolution into a more deliberate and unified projectand the album reflects that growth. The songs may have moved from land to sea, but the groups sound has matured, expanding to include nods to library music, Levantine breaks, and coastal psychedelia. The types of fish catalogued in the song titles and the wintry, abandoned swimming pool on the cover hint at the themes running through the record: the desolation and coldness of Lebanons off-season beach clubs, their concrete walls and vacant spaces roamed only by those waiting for the sunand the crowdsto return. Its hard not to see these seasonal images as allegory for Lebanons prolonged political winter. Yet Acqua Marina overflows with vitality, inspired performances, and the luminosity of serendipitous collaborationshining much-needed light into our darker seasons.