Devendras new album "SMOKEY" is singularly beautiful. A delicate music that is at times quirky, yet somehow manages to remain tender and accessible "I Remember". At times I cant tell if certain songs and their seaming genre shifting are homage or Mr. Banhart poking the past with a sharp stick (the Elvis-ey Shabop Shalom) but I do truly enjoy this record although perhaps not quite as much as the Young God Records era Banhart and its apex "Rejoicing in the Hands" This is a solid step forward for a brilliant young (he is 23) songwriter.
I do think it would be nice to hear some traditional bossa nova from the young man.
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