Devendra Banhart - What Will Be Will Be

TRACKLISTING: 01 Can't Help but Smiling 02 Angelika 03 Baby 04 Goin Back 05 First Song for B 06 Last Song for B 07 Chin Chin & Muck Muck 08 16th & Valencia Roxy Music 09 Rats 10 Maria Lionza 11 Brindo 12 Meet Me At Lookout Point 13 Walilamdzi 14 Foolin

Devendra Banhart exploded on the international music scene in 2002 quickly winning a coterie of devoted fans as well as an unusually hefty amount of critical kudos right from the outset. His latest release is What Will We Be, recorded in a sleepy Northern California town throughout the Spring of 2009 co-produced by Paul Butler (from UK outfit Band Of Bees). The international media's acclaim and the size of his audience both at home and abroad earned by his debut Oh Me Oh My The Way The Day Goes By The Sun Is Setting Dogs Are Dreaming Lovesongs Of The Christmas Spirit was impressive to begin with and has increased dramatically with each subsequent release.  
What Will We Be has a sunny, breezy feel with performances that evoke warm, lazy afternoons spent with good friends.  The album is dominated by powerfully melodic, mid-tempo numbers played with relaxed expertise. But there's also ambitious stylistic range displayed with the inclusion of evanescent ballads like “Meet Me At the Lookout Point,” the epic riff-rocker "Rats" sprightly R&B flavored groovers on "Baby,"  and the sultry Latin-flavored  stunner “Brindo,”  the Roxy-inspired "16th & Valencia Roxy Music" among other pleasant surprises.

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