Banhart, Devendra - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder

NEW VINYL LP ON XL RECORDINGS 2016

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

Recorded in Topanga Canyon in the Santa Monica mountains. Neil Young lived there while recording "After The Gold Rush" and the area has also been home to Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Joni Mitchell, Mick Fleetwood, and members of The Doors. Those ghosts inhabit the sound and vibe of these recording sessions. Banhart's whole "freak folk" tag is gone, replaced with this classic, gorgeous rock album. Some songs are fragile and solipsistic, others have a pronounced tropicalia influence, and still others are wildly electric and epic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Rolls_Down_Thunder_Canyon

Tracklist

LP 1
Cristobal
So Long Old Bean
Samba Vexillographica
Seahorse
Bad Girl
Seaside
Shabop Shalom
Tonada Yanomaminista

LP 2
Rosa
Saved
Lover
Carmencita
The Other Woman
Freely
I Remember
My Dearest Friend