In several winning moments, they introduce string arrangements from Brazilian composer Arthur Verocai, bringing a regal spirit to lead single “Get Sun” and the piano ballad “Stone or Lavender.” On the riotous, mid-album highlight “All the Words We Don’t Say,” Hiatus Kaiyote are in their bag. It is the most vibrant they’ve ever sounded on record. This is the first Hiatus Kaiyote album that doesn’t sound like merely a recorded live set you can hear them using the studio to expand their vision of what the band can be.
In the hookier moments, Hiatus Kaiyote sound like songwriters and performers in equal measure, living up to their self-appointed genre of “future soul”: husky, cyberpunk R&B, with Nai Palm’s molten voice at its core. Bassist Paul Bender and drummer Perrin Moss are characteristically locked in, guiding us through kaleidoscopic sounds. On “Chivalry Is Not Dead,” keyboardist Simon Mavin juggles synths that creak and yawn. But the band soon ventures into new territory. The fundamentals of their sound-like the twinkling Rhodes electric piano that shows up in the brief and tender “Sip Into Something Soft”-are still present. No longer content with merely capturing the sound of four wildly talented musicians in a room together, they transform into something more expansive and psychedelic. My only wish is to live and offer my experience of time and beauty.On Mood Valiant, Hiatus Kaiyote creeps closer to a unity of virtuosity and feeling. “I guess after the breast cancer scare I decided that I needed to prove to life that the offering I have is genuine. “When you think your life is going to be taken away from you, it makes you think about who you are,” Nai says. Nai Palm says: “We were like, ‘That would be amazing, but we could never afford it.’” The band eventually engineered a mini-tour to pay for the flights, and both the schlep and the expense ended up yielding a spiritual, tearful experience for the band- the kindness of Verocai and the alchemy of Brazil left them inspired to create two more tracks for the LP in an all-night session. Perrin had introduced the band to the work of Brazilian arranger Verocai, whose self-titled 1970s album, Perrin says, “changed my world.” Verocai agreed to add strings and horns and asked if the band would be attending the session in Rio de Janeiro. The song took a transcontinental trip to finish. “It was really exciting and fun to play at the time,” recalls Perrin Moss. The track came together during a session in Australia’s Byron Bay. This is apparent in the album’s first single Get Sun, featuring Verocai. It wasn’t until a trip to Rio de Janeiro in late-2019 to work with legendary Brazilian arranger Arthur Verocai on Get Sun that the vibe of the entire album shifted. Her lyrics, even those written before her illness, took on a prescient quality. Nai rushed back to Australia and into the hospital, where she underwent a life-saving mastectomy.Īs Nai recovered, the band turned back to their work with altered perspectives. Her mother’s death from the same disease was never far from her mind. Then, during a brief swing through the U.S., Hiatus’s frontwoman was diagnosed with breast cancer. By the fall of 2018, backing tracks had largely been laid, ready for Nai’s vocals. The six-year journey of the album originally began on the road, as they began to add new material to their live sets in while touring in support of Choose Your Weapon. Behind everything is Hiatus’ familiar sense of musical adventure, their knack for making the complex sound simple. The result is an album that relaxes into a groove: sunlit, sublime, masterful. The new album has been in the making for six years, but that interval reflects more hustle than hiatus. Paak, Chance The Rapper and Drake, with whom Nai Palm collaborated on his Scorpion album. Featuring Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield (guitar, vocals), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keys), and Perrin Moss (drums), the new album is the followup to their 2015 release Choose Your Weapon, and comes after being sampled on songs by The Carters ( Beyonce & Jay-Z), Kendrick Lamar, Anderson. G rammy-nominated Melbourne group Hiatus Kaiyote return with their new album Mood Valiant.
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