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ARTIST
HIGH LLAMAS, THE
TITLE
Hey Panda
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
DRAG CITY
CATALOG #
DC 901LP
DC 901LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/29/2024
LP version. "
High Llamas
present
Hey Panda
-- a modern pop music/deep listening experience that could only issue forth from their personal quadrant of the galaxy.
Hey Panda
projects soulfully through an enervating abstract of today's popular music; the sound of the Llamas' stately melodies and expressive ditties laid open -- blissfully shattered -- with drums and vocals hitting different, burning sounds and contemporary production twists pulling the ear at every turn. For the past few decades, High Llamas have trafficked in contemporary pop sounds directed toward the avant end of the spectrum as much as not. But here the message was clear. Llamas' composer-in-residence
Sean O'Hagan
was determined to let go.
Hey Panda
does just that, with a set of tunes reflecting on multiple levels how definitions change over the course of a lifetime, radiating an optimism derived from the diverse conundrums of today.
Hey Panda
's wide reach is aided by two co-writes from
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
, (who bonded with Sean over a shared love of gospel soul during writing sessions), guest vocals from
Rae Morris
and Sean's daughter
Livvy
, production twists from
Fryars
and the stalwart, flexible presence of High Llamas. For all of its sense of departure,
Hey Panda
is a movement in the High Llamas oeuvre that's been a long time in development. Aspects of soul music were addressed at the time of
Can Cladders
; similarly, aspects of electronic dance music were in the mix in the late '90s, around the time of
Cold and Bouncy
. But nothing up to now has refocused the music of High Llamas so completely. Sharing the impulse of late-period
Miles Davis
and
Quincy Jones
, with further inspiration from
Steve Lacy
,
SZA
,
Sault
,
No Name
, and
Ezra Collective
, among many others, Sean O'Hagan and High Llamas are living joyfully in the new and the now, with
Hey Panda
!"
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