Devendra Banhart - Mala (Audio CD - 03/12/2013)

Devendra Banhart presents his Nonesuch debut, Mala. The singer/songwriter co-produced the record with his longtime bandmate, guitarist Noah Georgeson. Banhart's eighth studio album, Mala was recorded in his then-home in Los Angeles. He and Georgeson played most of the instruments themselves, using borrowed equipment and a vintage Tascam recorder they d found in a pawn shop. "A lot of early hip-hop had been made on [the Tascam], " says Banhart. "And knowing my songs are not hip-hop whatsoever, we thought it would be interesting to see how these kinds of songs would sound on equipment that was used to record our favorite rap. Let s see how this technology would work for us. " It was a new approach for the pair. "In the past we were more like, let s use the oldest equipment we could find. " Banhart also notes how his voice has developed over the years: "I don t really take care of my voice, but, just like with playing guitar, you get more familiar with it, and you get better at it. I ve always said that I m very good at not knowing how to play the guitar but, really, it s just that I m very comfortable with the utter uncertainty of my approach. " Banhart s previous release, 2009 s What Will We Be, received critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone calling it "the best he s ever made. " The Los Angeles Times said the record "found him making comfortable, laid-back folk that didn t sound like a compromise more like an artist growing into his own. "

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TRACK LISTINGS

Disc 1

1 Golden Girls (1:35)
2 Daniel (3:05)
3 Für Hildegard von Bingen (2:36)
4 Never Seen Such Good Things (3:13)
5 Mi Negrita (3:24)
6 Your Fine Petting Duck (5:46)
7 The Ballad of Keenan Milton (2:16)
8 A Gain (1:35)
9 Won't You Come Over (3:37)
10 Cristobal Risquez (2:28)
11 Hatchet Wound (3:10)
12 Mala (1:08)
13 Won't You Come Home (3:31)
14 Taurobolium (3:16)