Name: Flying Wig
Brand: Devendra Banhart

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MEX3511

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-09-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

634457141452

Total Cap

Black LP

MEX3510

Blue

Opaque Blue

[r28281724]

Extended format: Yes

634457141469

Blue LP

MEX3512

634457141476

Artist

Devendra Banhart

Genre GB

Folk

Label GB

Mexican Summer

Devendra Banhart is a Venezuelan American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Born on May 30, 1981 in Texas, USA, he has established himself as a unique and influential figure in the music industry. With his captivating vocals and poetic lyrics, Banhart's music resonates with audiences around the world. In addition to his musical talents, he also expresses his creativity through visual art. His diverse artistic abilities have earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base.

Mexican Summer is an independent record label based out of Brooklyn, NY. They release the work of adventurous musicians without the limitations of genre or form. Mexican Summer operates in tandem with Anthology, a book publisher and archival record label. Anthology focuses on responsibly licensed material, compelling design, and definitive presentation.

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Devendra Banhart releases Flying Wig via Mexican Summer. The release marks Banhart’s 11th studio album - his first with Mexican Summer - and the first full length since the universally lauded Ma in 2019. It is also the first time the acclaimed singer/songwriter has collaborated with with musician, producer and Mexican Summer label mate Cate Le Bon.&nbsp;

Banhart, who has in recent years established himself as a lauded visual artist in tandem with his work in music, has been crafting intricate and captivating albums since 2002.&nbsp;Flying Wig&nbsp;is a landscape of recurrent dualities; a can of paradoxes, a box of worms. What goes up, must come down, eventually. Battle-scarred by life and loss, Banhart found himself despondent, folded inwards; finding it difficult to speak, let alone sing.

Banhart explains, “ My whole life has been filled with sadness. Everything I do in life is to help cope with that sadness.”Turning his back on Los Angeles’ wailing sirens, he packed the bones that would become&nbsp;Flying Wig’s songs into a bag and took to the secluded woodland of a Topanga canyon. The album is the actualization of a precious friendship with the acclaimed solo artist, multi-instrumentalist, Mexican Summer stablemate and producer of&nbsp;Flying Wig,&nbsp;Cate Le Bon. The pair’s coming together is one prophesied by the mirror-image titles of their early solo albums (Banhart’s 2002&nbsp;Oh Me Oh My&nbsp;to Le Bon’s 2009&nbsp;Me Oh My) and a tenderness built on crude haircuts (“we finally met, soon after she was cutting my hair with a fork and that was that”) and home-made tattoos — but never previously translated into the recording studio. “She’s the only person I wanted to make this record with,” Banhart admits. “We set out to make a record sonically unlike anything I have made before – with a new creative partner at the helm. We definitely wanted a new sound, electronic yet organic and warm…we wanted to draw out and emphasize the emotional aspect of a synthesizer.”

Flying Wig

Music GB

Discover Flying Wig by Devendra Banhart on CD and LP formats. This 11th studio album, released via Mexican Summer, showcases a new sound with electronic yet organic and warm tones.