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CRITIC REVIEWS
80
The pairing of Le Bon's netherworld production and Banhart's malleable talents makes Flying Wig a weird and enjoyable ride. It's a whole new spectrum of sounds and ideas for Banhart, but it fits as one more chapter in his oft-mutating muse.
2mo
80
The antic hippie of Banhart's early work is long gone on this depressed but not despairing record, warmed by the melancholy, spacy hush of his voice over drifting synths and the bass's heartbeat pulse.
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3mo
80
This record sounds unlike anything he has created before while retaining his trademark depth, warmth and grace.
1mo
75
Some longtime fans of Banhart might find Flying Wig a tough introduction to what appears like the “new” Devendra. But, as with any practice, the more time you give it, the more it emerges as its own, special self.
2mo
75
A gentle miasma of sunset synth pads and electric guitars and synth arpeggiators stretched out like paper lanterns make this a hauntingly gorgeous pleasure garden you want to visit over and over again.
2mo
70
Devendra Banhart’s Flying Wig was produced by experimental musician Cate LeBon, and she has made his spacey music more spacious by closing him in.
2mo
69
The Venezuelan singer-songwriter’s 11th album tackles grief and melancholia with the kind of endearing eccentricity only he can.
2mo
60
American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter’s collaboration with Cate Le Bon is a relaxing, low-key and downtempo affair, more mood piece than traditional album.
2mo
60
Intimate, ambitious and just occasionally misfiring.
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3mo
40
Offbeat singer-songwriter's latest is an electronically adventurous misfire.
2mo
When you've found that special thing, you're flying without...wigs?
There've been some albums that have really benefitted from landing in my lap at the right time, in the perfect place and with my emotional state totally receptive. The right album at the right time is a holy grail of sorts but also it can become a nagging disappointment when you know an album would 'hit different' at some other time, place or circumstance; how many of these 'would be classics' are out there?
My emotional ... read more
Devendra Banhart: from XL, Nonesuch trans to Dead Ocean, then Mexican Summer, for this is Cate Le Bon produce, looking forward of the following
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Track List
| 1 | Feeling 6:19 | 79 |
| 2 | Fireflies 4:51 | 90 |
| 3 | Nun 3:28 | 84 |
| 4 | Sight Seer 5:03 | 90 |
| 5 | Sirens 4:28 | 75 |
| 6 | Charger 4:18 | 80 |
| 7 | Flying Wig 5:32 | 85 |
| 8 | Twin 6:00 | 94 |
| 9 | May 4:39 | 80 |
| 10 | The Party 3:21 | 80 |
Total Length: 47 minutes
Added on: June 13, 2023