Devendra Banhart brings us a new musical project with Gregory Rogove (Priestbird/Devendra’s live band) and Fab Moretti (drummer of The Strokes) as well as Noah and the usual suspects in Devendra’s live ensemble called Megapuss. We have to question the naming of the bad and the reason to include Banhart and Rogove naked on the cover — but the music goes from jazz inflicted folk to garage rock to psychedelic, all with spacey vocals a la DB, leaving for a throughly enjoyable affair on Surfing.
Surfing opens up with Crop Circle Jerk ‘94 — a sure sign that there is going to be a lot of goofy elements to this album. After all, the liner notes are covered with Devendra/Gregory’s penises, drawings of them naked, a dude with a penis nose, etc. The song opens up with horns, before falling into a very infectious opening that sounds a bit reminiscent to Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon’s Lover. Luckily, it gets better quick.
To The Love Within sounds like a lost track from Nino Rojo — minimalistic acoustic handclaps and percussion make this a perfect camp fire song. Adam & Steve is a psychedelic gem, with eclectic vocals that match the guitars, weird little time changes, and a Santana-esque lead guitar line in the middle of the song. Theme From Hollywood sounds like another perfect single for the album — it’s hard not to sing along to the jangly chorus: “Too much fun in Hollywood, were havin too much fun.” Elsewhere, Hamman is Mega’s attempt at The Doors, Chicken Titz (goofy again) plays with ’60s-inspired soul beats, and Sayulita is a seven minute piano led piece with Banhart’s extraordinary lyrics and vocals.
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Surfing opens up with Crop Circle Jerk ‘94 — a sure sign that there is going to be a lot of goofy elements to this album. After all, the liner notes are covered with Devendra/Gregory’s penises, drawings of them naked, a dude with a penis nose, etc. The song opens up with horns, before falling into a very infectious opening that sounds a bit reminiscent to Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon’s Lover. Luckily, it gets better quick.
To The Love Within sounds like a lost track from Nino Rojo — minimalistic acoustic handclaps and percussion make this a perfect camp fire song. Adam & Steve is a psychedelic gem, with eclectic vocals that match the guitars, weird little time changes, and a Santana-esque lead guitar line in the middle of the song. Theme From Hollywood sounds like another perfect single for the album — it’s hard not to sing along to the jangly chorus: “Too much fun in Hollywood, were havin too much fun.” Elsewhere, Hamman is Mega’s attempt at The Doors, Chicken Titz (goofy again) plays with ’60s-inspired soul beats, and Sayulita is a seven minute piano led piece with Banhart’s extraordinary lyrics and vocals.
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"Crop Circle Jerk 94" Hammer Museum - UCLA
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Órlae! Está suave!
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Thanks for all the others one, whose majority work !
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