#Hiatus kaiyote by fire full

Hailing from the ever progressive city of Melbourne, Hiatus Kaiyote brings a whole lot of soul from the land down below with their new EP By Fire, a small sample of their future release Choose Your Weapon coming out this March. If you were at this cafГ©, chances are Hiatus Kaiyote would be playing and melting faces, literally and figuratively. Now imagine that youвЂ™re in a coffee shop in the year 2030, with neon smoke beams and a virtual reality arcade. The view is worth it.Imagine youвЂ™re in a coffee shop.

#Hiatus kaiyote by fire full

In a 2013 interview with Life + Times, Nai Palm explains, ' to me, a hiatus is taking a pause in your life to take in your surroundings, have a full panoramic view of your experiences and absorbing. Regardless, Choose Your Weapon is eclectic, joyful, musically impressive, and spiritually rich, so even a piecemeal listening experience is fulfilling. Maybe, itвЂ™s just too much of a good thing maybe, after enjoying the album a dozen-ish times, IвЂ™m spent, and happy to consume it in snack-sized portions. With so many highlights crammed into a sizeable dose, the album is draining. (The resilient, funk-laden вЂњBy FireвЂќ is a tribute to PalmвЂ™s father, who passed away in a house fire вЂњAtariвЂќ is, as one might expect, a salute to vintage gaming.) Picking whatever moment resonates with you is difficult, as each song is a self-perpetuating climax. Not romantic, necessarily, but simply love, as every song is tender at its core. Perhaps my studies have crossed the line in the sand and eked their way into my music listening, but trying to solve Weapon's puzzle is OccamвЂ™s Razor in action: the simplest theory often wins. Despite her impish charm, she consolidates Weapon: ' building a ladder of love to you/and I hope that, love, you built one too.' This line, while innocent enough, is Weapon's north star, asserting a direction in hindsight - a method to the madness. If Palm could be reigned in, it would be on closer вЂњBuilding a LadderвЂќ, a more conventional number by comparison. Single вЂњBreathing UnderwaterвЂќ is a vocal highlight, as Palm utilizes rapid successions, sighs, and staccatos, taking cues from drummer Perrin вЂњPezвЂќ Moss (though her commanding presence suggests it could easily be the other way вЂround). вЂњBorderline with My AtomsвЂќ is equal parts arousal and spiritual cleansing.

вЂњShaolin Monk MotherfunkвЂќ sees a smooth jazz groove yield to scat singing and chunky synths. Nai, however, has a remarkable ability to tie everything together, and the various tones and nuances she projects become a focal point, with her quirky lyrics often falling in the peripheral. To be fair, it is, somewhat with song titles like вЂњShaolin Monk MotherfunkвЂќ and вЂњOnly All the Time: Making Friends with Studio OwlвЂќ, we arenвЂ™t expecting straightforwardness. With an album as stylistically all over the place, channeling jazz fusion, soul, R&B, and prog, one might expect an elaborate concept to match. If the comically menacing cover bodes true, one can expect playful nostalgia, a myriad of flavours, and bizarre, worldly flair. ItвЂ™s this magical quality that makes Weapon difficult to justify to others on an emotional level, as whatвЂ™s conveyed is often too good for clinical decoding, and its maze-like rejoicing is worth staying lost in for its seventy-minute runtime. Vocalist/guitarist Nai PalmвЂ™s delivery is both mystical and approachable - often confusing, but easily relatable in a visceral sense. Perhaps the most exciting recent act to reinvigorate elements of soul music, they duly pay respects while striving to push it skyward, collecting many postcards along the way from God-knows-where. Australian quartet Hiatus Kaiyote take its title to heart, cycling through their arsenal, unfettered by conventions. Review Summary: Multi-dimensional, polyrhythmic food for the soul.Д¬hoose Your Weapon is boundless.