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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Salim's 1st ever double album! Pressed on 140 gram black vinyl in deluxe gatefold jacket, with artwork by Jeff Caudill.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Somewhere South of Sane via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD edition of Somewhere South of Sane, in gatefold case with artwork by Jeff Caudill.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Somewhere South of Sane via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Get all 6 Salim Nourallah releases available on Bandcamp and save 15%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Nuclear Winter, the World's Weakest Man (all the tracks), Your Birthday Without You, Good Sense and Safety EP, President Gas, and Somewhere South of Sane. , and , .

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The waves of past hurts that live in our subconscious roll in and retreat, often unexpectedly. Sometimes we think, “Maybe this one’s finally gone for good?” They usually come back, though. And when they do sometimes they're more devastating than they ever were before. Even when you know you’re over something or someone and you know you’re in a better place, they can still come banging in. You get a blast of resentment or bitterness or, in the case of A Betrayal, abject sadness. I'd been having a series of vivid dreams involving my ex-wife. This had been going on for a couple months, intermittently, then it ramped up to every night over the course of an entire week. They’d begun to weigh on me. I would wake up feeling like I’d been on a drinking bender the night before or someone had clobbered me on the head with a lead mallet 100 times. A Betrayal is not just about my failed marriage, it's what the hidden parts of my psyche were forcing me to deal with. My own subconscious was now betraying me. The betrayal of our marriage was old news. I was over it, I was very happy with my new life. My subconscious wouldn't have that, though. It was forcing me to keep reliving the past and no matter what I tried, I couldn't get away from it. As much as we'd all often love to, and as much as we all try - you can't flip the 'silent' switch on your subconscious. This song was an attempt to flip that switch. On the third verse I literally send my former bride into the ocean. I effectively drown her memory in an attempt to also drown my own subconscious. I guess it worked. The dreams stopped after I wrote this song.

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from Somewhere South of Sane, released September 28, 2018

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Salim Nourallah Dallas, Texas

Salim Nourallah is a recording artist, producer, Happiness Records founder, and Texas indie music fixture. His 2018 release, Somewhere South of Sane, is a 21-song double LP. Popmatters recently wrote, "Nourallah manages both to surprise and to continue doing exactly what he's always done: turn a reflective life and a focus on family into unforgettable art." ... more

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