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Venezuela-raised, LA-based, psych-folk longhair Devendra Banhart is something a loose cannon. Catch him live on the right night and you’ll be transfixed by his quivering, whispered vocals and otherworldly stage presence. See him a week later and you’ll find your patience tested by interminable, shapeless, instrumental “freakouts”.

Certainly, Banhart’s wilfully avant-garde twist on 60s folk is an acquired taste – just check out his bat-crazy cover of Oasis’ Don’t Look Back In Anger - though, admittedly, his image as a free-wheeling flower-child took a knock when his song Little Yellow Spider was used in a ubiquitous, and maddeningly twee, Orange ad.

Banhart’s new album Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon is out 25 September, and finds the beardy 26-year-old in no hurry to tone down his idiosyncrasies for mass acceptance. You can preview the whole album, including delicate stand-out track Cristobel, on his Myspace page here.

Source: www.q4music.com

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