Devendra Banhart by Dana Trippe
Devendra Banhart will tour Europe and North America during the autumn.
Devendra Banhart has described his new single Sirens as being about, ‘the bewilderment that precedes longing, the space between “everything hurts” and “oh there’s a nail stuck in my back”‘:
It’s like the relief mixed with fear that comes from finally finding the target. We haven’t hit it yet – but we know where to aim, that’s where the And Yet-ness of this song is. Another theme that seems prevalent throughout the album is obstacles into antidotes. I mean, what a bummer right? ‘Only the violence will ever hold me tight’, but if there’s no getting rid of then our only sane option is to learn to dance with it.
“This is all lyrical…musically we wanted it to feel like dancing alone, weeping in a crowd, and somehow even relaxing into that melancholy, the sensual side of sorrow, the mournful side of joy.”
The track is due to feature on Banhart’s upcoming eleventh studio album Flying Wig, out on September 22nd.
