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Palm more often applies her nature and science references to loved-up fantasies.

Although all this could have resulted in Hiatus Kaiyote's wildest and most triumphant material, Mood Valiant is intimate and romantic more than anything else.

(She also had to re-learn guitar.) In a real way, the title is also symbolic of the whole band, who were subsequently hamstrung again by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the band were in the middle of making what became Mood Valiant, but Palm was given an all-clear, enabling her to record the album's vocals, by the end of 2019. Mood Valiant also applies directly to Palm, who in 2018 was diagnosed with breast cancer - what her mother died from - and underwent life-saving surgery. It's a nod to frontperson Nai Palm's mother, who would tip-off her mood by driving either a white (positive) or black (negative) Valiant Safari wagon. You can receive a copy of this album, and support WYSO, your home for music discovery, public service journalism and so much more, by making a contribution today.The title of Hiatus Kaiyote's third LP has dual meaning. Fans of Hiatus Kaiyote have been waiting some time for their latest transmission from across the sea, and in Mood Valiant, the time spent longing has paid off with an album thatвЂ™s a tribute to their resilience and continuing triumph. These two songs reveal the musicвЂ™s emotional places underneath its carefully-crafted exterior, that even the progressive sounds of future soul donвЂ™t forget the second and very important part of that genre tag, the soul. The album ends softly, with two tracks musing on Nai PalmвЂ™s 2018 cancer development, and another decade-end tragedy, the 2019 passing of her longtime parrot companion, named Charlie Parker. The theme of light comes up earlier in the album too, in вЂњAnd We Go Gentle,вЂќ a song about moths and their search for light, whether it be by fire or even an iPhone flash.

The song is about her childhood bedroom that would glow red every evening at sunset, a rumination on the beauty of nature and light. The track вЂњRed RoomвЂќ illustrates this perfectly, as the band creates a simple but smooth bed to showcase Nai PalmвЂ™s soulful vocal talents across her range. Hiatus Kaiyote built their name on this brand of elastic, complex neo soul, but donвЂ™t let that make you think the band canвЂ™t just lay down a groove and stay put. There are fine examples of this throughout the record, like the mid-album cut вЂњAll The Words We DonвЂ™t Say,вЂќ with its rapid fire hits punctuating overtop snaking synth bass line, to the first single, вЂњGet Sun,вЂќ which features luscious string swells arranged by Brazilian jazz composer Arthur Verocai. IвЂ™ve seen the genre-mash вЂњmath jazzвЂќ applied to this band, which tracks well when you hear the twists and turns pulled off by the quartet with aplomb, cycling through chord changes and rhythmic shifts with an ease that shields their difficulty. The four members of the band are consummate musicians hands down, earning praise from the likes of Questlove and Prince early in their now ten-year career. The album is built on more references to her childhood, and the natural world that sheвЂ™s grown to love since then, and is remarkable in its joy and wonder given its turbulent creation. Their latest album, Mood Valiant, is named after PalmвЂ™s motherвЂ™s twin Plymouth station wagons (one black, one white), that she would choose daily by mood, and was written during PalmвЂ™s cancer treatments. 2021 brings their first album in six years, and in the that time the band has ridden the highs of Grammy nominations, signing to beat music luminary Flying LotusвЂ™ Brainfeeder label, a truly rightful home for the group, and being sampled by hip-hop greats like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and BeyoncГ© & Jay-Z, and the lows of lead vocalist/guitarist Nai PalmвЂ™s 2018 breast cancer diagnosis, a genetic aftershock to the childhood loss of her mother to the same disease.

Elsewhere in kaleidoscopic sounds (and unique band names) lies the future soul of Hiatus Kaiyote.

#Hiatus kaiyote genre full

Australia is full of high quality musical exports these days, from the meticulously-crafted psychedelic pop of Kevin ParkerвЂ™s Tame Impala, to the more prolific and experimentalist crew behind King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.