Ma
Devendra BanhartLPA
- Is This Nice?
- Kantori Ongaku
- Ami
- Memorial
- Carolina
- Now All Gone
- Love Song
LPB
- Abre las Manos
- Taking a Page
- October 12
- My Boyfriend’s in the Band
- The Lost Coast
- Will I See You Tonight? (ft. Vashti Bunyan)
Devendra Banhart's new album, Ma, is due September 13, 2019, on Nonesuch Records. This is Banhart's first album since 2016's Ape in Pink Marble. Ma, bursting with tender, autobiographical vignettes, displays a shift from the sonic experimentation of his previous albums to an intricate, captivating story-telling and emotional intimacy. Banhart favors organic sounds to accompany his voice and guitar, the arrangements bolstered by strings, woodwinds, brass, and keyboards. Pre-order Ma in the Nonesuch Store—including on limited-edition clear vinyl—for an instant download of the songs "Kantori Ongaku," "Abre Las Manos," "Memorial," and "Taking a Page." The limited-edition autographed print included with initial pre-orders is no longer available.
"Kantori Ongaku" translates from Japanese to "country music" and is a nod to experimental pop legend Haruomi Hosono, a founding member of the influential electronic band Yellow Magic Orchestra. The song's video features a full circle journey of vignettes that play on the dream-like quality of intimate activities. The video, colorfully directed by Giraffe Studios, also features guest cameos and a brief infomercial pleading for donations to the I Love Venezuela Foundation.