Utilizing genre-blending instrumentation and evocative lyricism, ‘Temporary Home’ paints the vivid picture of her father’s immigration to the U.S. and its grave semblance to the plight of immigrants and refugees today.
Amanda Pascali’s newest track ‘Temporary Home’ serves as an honest look into the life of an immigrant and details the struggle of being caught between two worlds. Coming out on 31 March., as millions of refugees flee a war-torn Ukraine, ‘Temporary Home’ fuses sweeping vocals and complex classically-inspired instrumentation in order to take listeners on a journey across genre and time. Finding inspiration in the extraordinary story of her father, Pascali explains that at 18 he “spoke out against the dictatorship in his home country and was thrown into a forced labor camp.” Two years later he moved to New York City as a refugee with asylum and began work at a refrigerator factory. “Without money, friends, or the ability to speak English as a native language, he promised himself that America would only be his temporary home,” she says. Later falling in love with his wife, an Egyptian immigrant by way of France, Pascali’s father ended up staying in the States. The song details those early days after immigrating when it was revealed to her father that America wasn’t exactly the “gold-paved paradise he had dreamed of.”
Listeners can stream ‘Temporary Home’ on all major platforms starting 31 March.
