Devendra Banhart // New Single "Twin" + Album Announcement

Devendra Banhart Announces New Album Flying Wig with new single "Twin" ---   Devendra Banhart has announced his forthcoming album, Flying Wig, for September 22, 2023 via Mexican Summer. The release marks Banhart’s 11th studio album - his first with Mexican Summer -  and the first full length since the universally lauded Ma in 2019. It is also the first time the acclaimed singer/songwriter has collaborated with with musician, producer and Mexican Summer label mate Cate Le Bon. Banhart has also released the first track, and an accompanying music video from the album, “Twin.” Listen to "Twin" Watch the video for "Twin" below Devendra Banhart - Twin (Official Video) Banhart, who has in recent years established himself as a lauded visual artist in tandem with his work in music, has been crafting intricate and captivating albums since 2002. Flying Wig is a landscape of recurrent dualities; a can of paradoxes, a box of worms. What goes up, must come down, eventually. Battle-scarred by life and loss, Banhart found himself despondent, folded inwards; finding it difficult to speak, let alone sing. Banhart explains, “ My whole life has been filled with sadness. Everything I do in life is to help cope with that sadness.” Turning his back on Los Angeles’ wailing sirens, he packed the bones that would become Flying Wig’s songs into a bag and took to the secluded woodland of a Topanga canyon. The album is the actualization of a precious friendship with the acclaimed solo artist, multi-instrumentalist, Mexican Summer stablemate and producer of Flying Wig, Cate Le Bon. The pair’s coming together is one prophesied by the mirror-image titles of their early solo albums (Banhart’s 2002 Oh Me Oh My to Le Bon’s 2009 Me Oh My) and a tenderness built on crude haircuts (“we finally met, soon after she was cutting my hair with a fork and that was that”) and home-made tattoos — but never previously translated into the recording studio. “She’s the only person I wanted to make this record with,” Banhart admits. “We set out to make a record sonically unlike anything I have made before – with a new creative partner at the helm. We definitely wanted a new sound, electronic yet organic and warm…we wanted to draw out and emphasize the emotional aspect of a synthesizer.” Of the darkly enthralling “Twin” music video, director Matt Muir shares: “When Devendra and I originally discussed the creative approach to the ‘Twin’ music video, I really responded to the idea of searching for connection. We talked about the strange comfort of knowing that other people have experienced the pain or entrapment that we may be experiencing. I wanted to explore a framework where Devendra’s character is trapped in a cycle, but still finds beauty in the execution. Stylistically, we were definitely inspired by neon-soaked 1980’s neo-noir films, but we still wanted the video to feel somewhat timeless. We also left a lot of room for improvisation on the set, to make sure Devendra’s unique sense of humor was evident in the storytelling. He was such a supportive and inventive collaborator during the entire process, and I think that really shines through in the final piece.” Pre-Order Flying Wig Only available on Devendra Banhart's store, 300 unique Adventures of The Flying Wig polaroids, photographed and signed by Devendra Banhart will fly into 300 lucky customers' orders at random.  Pre-order the opaque blue LP, black LP or CD for a chance to receive one of the polaroids. Each LP order comes with a 24x24 poster, each CD order comes with a 8 panel poster. Pre-order Flying Wig Catch Devendra on Tour General on sale starts June 16th Oct 3 Iowa City, IA  The Englert Theatre Oct 4 Chicago, IL  Thalia Hall Oct 6  Toronto, ONT  The Phoenix Concert Theatre Oct 7  Montreal, QC  Corona Theatre Oct 8  Burlington, VT  Higher Ground  Oct 9  Boston, MA  The Sinclair Oct 11 New York, NY  Webster Hall Oct 12 Philadelphia, PA  Union Transfer Oct 13  Asbury Park, NJ  Asbury Lanes Oct 14  Washington, DC  The Howard Theatre Nov 7  Lisbon, PT  Coliseu Nov 8  Braga, PT  Theatro Circo Nov 10  Madrid, ES  Palacio Municipal Nov 11  Valencia, ES  La Rambleta Nov 12  Barcelona, ES  Paral.lel 62 Nov 14  Paris, FR  Le Grand Rex Nov 15  London, UK  Troxy Nov 18  Lyon, FR  Le Transbordeur Nov 19  Lausanne, CH  Theatre de l'Octogone Nov 21  Milan, IT  Auditorium Fondazione Cariplo Nov 22  Trieste, IT  Teatro Politeama Rossetti Nov 23  Vienna, AT  Globe Nov 25  Berlin, DE  Passionskirche Nov 26  Hamburg, DE  Kampnagel Nov 28  Amsterdam, NL  Paradiso Nov 29  Brussels, BE  Ancienne Belgique Dec 6  San Diego, CA  Observatory North Park Dec 7  Los Angeles, CA  The Belasco Dec 9  San Francisco, CA  The Fillmore Dec 11  Portland, OR  Revolution Hall Dec 12  Seattle, Wa  Neptune Theatre Dec 13  Vancouver, BC  Commodore Ballroom   Get Tickets