#hiatus kaiyote
Jam of the Week!
‘Been jamming Hiatus Kaiyote’s LP heavy this week. The flavours of this Aussie (yet again!) nu-soul/R&B quartet are so damn fresh! Despite the evident skillset, it never feels forced or overly calculated. Instead we get vibes. All the vibes. Turn it up and close your eyes. Mavin’s virtuoso keyboard licks leap around on the bed hands held tight with Nai Palm’s tasteful guitar work. If you don’t listen too hard, it’s almost easy to ignore all the awesome that Moss & Bender provide as the rhythm section. Nai Palm’s vocal chops, apparently influenced by the likes of Mr. Wonder, Ms. Badu et al ice the cake… and boy, does it taste good!
part ii - a 2021 soundtrack
a new beginning. a transition. reborn, rebuilding, returning, a fully-fledged phoenix. resolution: self-actualisation; absolute self-love.
art sources:
1.From the outside by Shanti Shea An, 2016.
2.Still Life with Tulips by Samuel John Peploe, 1919.
3.Wasser, by Kerstin Hohm - part of the 4Elementeseries.
4.Untitled by Ethel Schwabacher, 1950.
Hiatus Kaiyote /Breathing Underwater
I’m in Europe at the moment so I can’t really make a playlist properly. Someday I will probably. But these women are making this time in Spain superflendiferous. Look these tracks up one by one and BASK IN THE SPLENDOR OF FEMALE TALENT.
Dirty Hercules (feat. Nai Palm) - Ngaiire
For the Damaged Coda - Blonde Redhead
Building a Ladder - Hiatus Kaiyote
Orb In Limbo - Coco Columbia
Lungs Apart - Signals.
Green & Gold - Lianne La Havas
Two Doves - Dirty Projectors
Girl (feat. Kaytranada) - The Internet
Shake It Off - Sampa the Great
Grow - Deradoorian (and her entire new fucking fantastic album entitled The Expanding Flower Planet it’s daaaamn good)
