Watch Hiatus Kaiyote perform a simply ridiculous cover of “Dare” by the Gorillaz for Triple J’s “Like A Version.” Check out tour dates below. She delivers lush and lurid visions to describe the ethereal pervasiveness of love: “Pleasure melting a snowflake of lace down your face/ I could call your demons inside, soak them in camomile for you lover to find.” No matter the genre excursions Hiatus Kaiyote explore, theres no better word to summarise their essence than soul and at their long-awaited Tivoli performance in Brisbane (22 January), songwriter Nai Palm and co. Hiatus Kaiyote mp3-, Hiatus Kaiyote - Nakamarra, Hiatus Kaiyote - By Fire, Hiatus Kaiyote - Mobius Streak. The meditative frontwoman focuses on earthly objects, like the African desert-dwelling Jericho rose that can survive without water for 100 years. Hiatus Kaiyote are a hard act to size up, tagged under the banners of all things hip hop, R&B, electronica, prog, and everything in between. And based upon this track, which Nai Palm cites as a tribute to her musical hero Stevie Wonder, it’s bound to be an insane trip.
The members are Naomi 'Nai Palm' Saalfield (vocals, guitar), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keyboards) and Perrin Moss (drums, percussion). UK rapper and vocalist Little Simz released her newest album, Stillness In Wonderland, earlier this year, and now we’ve got 23-track deluxe version of the excellent full-length to sink our teeth into.The eight new tracks feature collaborations with Bibi Bourelly, BADBADNOTGOOD, SiR, Josh Arce, and Hiatus Kaiyote side project Swooping Duck.
The 70-minute, 18-track album was conceived while touring the world, in contrast to the generally static creation of their debut LP Tawk Tomahawk. Hiatus Kaiyote is a future soul quartet formed in Melbourne in 2011. This first studio cut of the track will serve as the lead single to their forthcoming sophomore album, Choose Your Weapon, to be released May 5 via Flying Buddha. The Grammy-nominated Melbourne, Australia based neo-soul ensemble Hiatus Haiyote teased this gorgeous, panoramic, key-changing mess of a track twice in 2013: first in August for an extended live set by Boiler Room and then two months later on Seattle’s KEXP.