[RSD26 RELEASE] A new EP recorded by Deplume in the middle of his March 2025 US tour. DePlume had been playing shows with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Tcheser Holmes, performing music of his critically-acclaimed album A Blade Because A Blade Is Whole. DePlume chose to use an off day in Brooklyn to record this collection of instrumentals, Dear Children in a sense serves as an epilogue to A Blade, which makes it all the more appropriate that the B side contains the three song EP Cremisan: Prologue to A Blade, which was released (digital only) in fall 2024. The connection of this work to Palestine is deep: the Cremisan EP itself was recorded in Palestine; Dear Children includes samples of children recorded in Bethlehem; and the album's cover art depicts wheatpaste posters of a drawing made by a 13 year old boy from Gaza (used with permission). [ONLY 900 MADE]