Devendra Signs With Warner Brothers
Joshua August 19th, 2009
Previously, Banhart was signed to the small indie label XL, which put out 2007’s critically-acclaimed Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. The title of the new LP, his seventh album since 2002, is actually styled thusly:
What
Will We
Be
Now that the intensely individualistic Banhart has sold out to the “man,” so to speak, to get his freak on in the most public way possible, it will be interesting to see what happens next.
Banhart recorded the album with A Band of Bees’ Paul Butler, and his backing band consists of plenty of folks Banhart has worked with before: Megapuss buddy Greg Rogove, Little Joy’s Rodrigo Amarante, Luckey Remington, and Noah Georgeson. Andy Cabic also contributed to the album.
Track-Listing:
01 – Can’t Help
02 – Angelika
03 – Baby
04 – Goin’ Back To The Place
05 – First Song For B
06 – Last Song For B
07 – Chin Chin & Muck Muck
08 – 16th & Valencia
09 – Rats
10 – Maria Leonza
11 – Brindo
12 – Meet Me At The Lookout
13 – Wiliamdzi
14 – Foolin’
Devendra Banharts pube infused side project, Megapuss, is in the studio writing and recording a new “crunk, jazz, and pop” album. 
