Devendra Banhart – Ma (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 46:10 minutes | 510 MB | Genre: Alternative
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Nonesuch
The tenth studio album from Devendra Banhart is a poetic paradox; joy and pain, light and dark, both metaphysical but grounded. All these contradictions come together and result in an album somewhere between the light-heartedness of Kings Of Convenience and the doom and gloom of The Velvet Underground. As usual, the Venezuelan-American has mastered a wide range of styles (bossa-nova, soft rock, chamber folk, dream pop) and shows off his linguistic abilities (singing in english and spanish) in dream-like musings of motherhood, death, friendship and the meaning of life. He has swapped the minimalism of his previous album Ape in Pink Marble (2016) for a more sophisticated style, notably in the duet with the great Vashti Bunyan in Will I See You Tonight. The coming together of this folk matriarch with her spiritual son is what makes the title of the album so meaningful; Ma not only reveals the talented crooner’s most intimate musings but is an elegant and graceful celebration of filial love. – Alexis Renaudat
Tracklist:
1. Devendra Banhart – Is This Nice? (02:54)
2. Devendra Banhart – Kantori Ongaku (03:41)
3. Devendra Banhart – Ami (03:55)
4. Devendra Banhart – Memorial (04:38)
5. Devendra Banhart – Carolina (02:32)
6. Devendra Banhart – Now All Gone (03:37)
7. Devendra Banhart – Love Song (04:22)
8. Devendra Banhart – Abre Las Manos (03:34)
9. Devendra Banhart – Taking a Page (03:36)
10. Devendra Banhart – October 12 (03:12)
11. Devendra Banhart – My Boyfriend’s in the Band (03:30)
12. Devendra Banhart – The Lost Coast (03:10)
13. Devendra Banhart – Will I See You Tonight? (feat. Vashti Bunyan) (03:23)
