HIATUS KAIYOTE LEAD SINGER FULL
Paul Benderġ2 songs, the majority of which linked together with a cinematic touch, thanks to Arthur Verocai's strings, and all of which blessed with Nai's vocal harmonies, kinda divided into two 5-track sections, by short bits ("Flight Of The Tiger Lily" and "Hush Rattle") that serve as introductions into both journeys - the first one being more vibrant and the second one - slightly more melancholic & trippy.Īlthough the first full song "Sip Into Something Soft" is also pretty seductive, it creates a sense of urgency with the driving drums, leading to what they called "a 3-minute pop anthem" - "Chivalry Is Not Dead". And I hope that it brings people some sort of comfort in this hard time. We did that! I feel proud of the way this sounds, the emotional depth of it. And there’s just this valiant, victorious feeling, coming out of storm into calm waters. I feel like we charged through the mud to get this thing done. Everyone’s been through some big challenges. The title of the album really encapsulates the whole spectrum of the journey. She was a single mother with six kids: If she drove the black one, you knew not to fuck with her. And depending on what mood she was in, she would drive one or the other. My mother had two Valiant station wagons, iconic, vintage Aussie cars. Today, Mood Valiant, named after her mother's car and celebrating life, is available on all platforms and is one hell of a musical experience. The countdown to the album drop climaxed with the release of the official video of the 1st single - an absolutely stunning & trippy, retrofuturistic sci-fi film that includes space travel, flying velociraptors, a fluffy sun, and the already famous station wagon: In March they announced they join the renowned Flying Lotus's label Brainfeeder and dropped " Get Sun" (featuring Brazilian legend Arthur Verocai), and then they also released the surprisingly slow jam " Red Room" and the sexy " Chivalry Is Not Dead" - three different tracks, showing the variety of their music but all with that special Hiatus Kaiyote touch of experimental jazz & heartfelt soul. And it was also the right time for Nai Palm, Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keys), and Perrin Moss (drums)'s new album, Mood Valiant, to see the light of the world - channeling all those troubles into positive emotions.
And a global pandemic.īut 2021 appears to be the start of a healing process. For Australian nu-jazz/future-soul band Hiatus Kaiyote, and especially for their lead singer Nai Palm, the past half-decade, since their acclaimed 2015 album Choose Your Weapon, was a roller-coaster - a busy touring schedule, lots of new creative ideas & music writing, as well as fighting breast cancer and coping with the loss of her dear rescue bird, Charlie.