Hiatus kaiyote mood valiant review full#

Paul Bender: Basically, Nai was raised by a single mom with a whole lot of siblings and she had two Valiants, a white one and a black one, the black one was called the РІР‚ВBatmobileРІР‚в„ў and she would choose which one to drive that day based on her emotional state. When you have that much attention to detail, youРІР‚в„ўre going to have thematic variation, hopefully. And also, not only is every album different, but every song is different, each song as we approach it, is its own movie, you know.

So itРІР‚в„ўs never going to be the same thing, even if you try. So I think the newest album is different because like Perrin said, weРІР‚в„ўre all growing as people. Even if we tried to make exactly the same album again, could never do it. Nai Palm: РІР‚В¦As artists always going to be evolving. On evolving as musicians over the last two years And you learned so much from making an album, at each one we do. But then, you know, once you have a break from it, you realize, itРІР‚в„ўs really beautiful. Perrin Moss: I guess thereРІР‚в„ўs a lot moreРІР‚В¦life experience in between, weРІР‚в„ўre always trying to push our own boundaries in some way, shape or form, whether it be like a sound that weРІР‚в„ўre trying to create or a mood that weРІР‚в„ўre trying to evokeРІР‚В¦ WeРІР‚в„ўre always just trying to be the best that we can beРІР‚В¦ So I feel like this album is the same asРІР‚В¦ same as that for me anyway РІР‚вЂњ same as the last record, like, at the end of Choose Your Weapon, I was like РІР‚ВIРІР‚в„ўd never want to do another one of them again and then the same thing happened with this one. And some of them were literally just invented in the studioРІР‚В¦ So, you know, the process is kind of endless.Р”Вifferent from the work on your second album Choose Your Weapon Some of these songs are like, pretty old for us. ItРІР‚в„ўs always long and it has its ups and downs and challenges and then sometimes bits that come together real easyРІР‚В¦ Some of these songs have been around for a while. Paul Bender: From the first recordings we made towards this album to the completion, it was like a few years, you know, so itРІР‚в„ўs always a complicated process. In light of this new release, Quip was able to get our hands on a few thoughts from the band on the process, transformation, and other fruitful insights on the new record. The latest, third Hiatus Kaiyote album, is a transformation that departs from their typically recorded live set sound to a more polished studio production and according to Pitchfork РІР‚Сљthe most vibrant theyРІР‚в„ўve ever sounded on recordРІР‚Сњ. The band (Nai Palm on guitar and vocals, Paul Bender on bass, Simon Mavin on keys, and Perrin Moss on drums) first broke out in 2021 with Tawk Tomahawk LP, which got praise from the industry and established artists alike.

Hiatus kaiyote mood valiant review full#

Of course, not knowing there was a big pandemic coming, the context of the РІР‚Вred roomРІР‚в„ў now and what that means to everyone sitting in isolation is kind of relevant.Melbourne-based band Hiatus Kaiyote recently dropped their latest full album release Mood Valiant via Brainfeeder Records / Ninja Tune.

We were warm, we were in another country. When the sun set in my room at a certain hour my whole room was red.РІР‚СњР”Вrummer Perrin Moss added that РІР‚СљRed RoomРІР‚Сњ came together quicker than any other song Hiatus Kaiyote has made: РІР‚СљEssentially it was just having fun, man. In a statement, Saalfield explained the inspiration behind РІР‚СљRed Room,РІР‚Сњ saying, РІР‚СљMy vocal booth had a red light in it, and I was thinking about my old house that had all this red-colored glass in it. The track also arrives with a music video, directed by TrР“В© Koch, that finds Hiatus Kaiyote in a room that increasingly - and fittingly - turns red, including an old car with РІР‚СљMood ValiantРІР‚Сњ scribbled all over it, which pops from white to red in the final moments of the clip. The tune toes the line between slinky and woozy lo-fi soul, with tight bass and drums, winding guitar, and languid piano flowing beneath Naomi РІР‚СљNai PalmРІР‚Сњ SaalfieldРІР‚в„ўs vocals. Australian outfit Hiatus Kaiyote have released a new song, РІР‚СљRed Room,РІР‚Сњ from their upcoming album, Mood Valiant, out June 25th via Brainfeeder Records/Ninja Tune.