New Mix: Shame, Arthur Moon, Kimi Djabaté, more
Top row, left to right: Water From Your Eyes; H. Hawkline; Amber Arcades. Bottom row, left to right: Kimi Djabaté; Arthur Moon; Shame Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Top row, left to right: Water From Your Eyes; H. Hawkline; Amber Arcades. Bottom row, left to right: Kimi Djabaté; Arthur Moon; Shame
Courtesy of the artistsThere's lots of sonic adventures in this edition of All Songs Considered, starting with the punkish sounds of Shame and its song "Adderall." The song from the band's new album, Food for Worms, deals with addiction, dependency and friendship. For many years, H. Hawkline has been working on collaborations with Cate Le Bon. Now, Cate Le Bon has produced his new album, and I'll play the title track, "Milk For Flowers." Kimi Djabaté has been playing the balafon, a West African xylophone, since he was 3 years old. His new album, Dindin, has many uplifting moments, and the song I'll play, called "Afonhe," is about the virtues of truthfulness.
Arthur Moon is the project of Lora-Faye Åshuvud. They make music full of sonic surprises, so it's right up my alley. I'll play "Ghost Ranch," the first single from an album coming this spring. Sonic adventures are also at the heart of Amber Arcades, the music of Annelotte de Graaf. The Dutch singer has a new album called Barefoot On Diamond Road, and the song I play feels both explosive and quite contained; in fact, it's called "Contain." Our final song is from the duo Water From Your Eyes, and the quirky tune "Barley," from its next album called Everyone's Crushed, is inspired by a song from Sting.