DEVENDRA BANHART What Will We Be (2009 UK 14-track CD album - Devendra Banhart exploded on the international music scene in 2002 quickly winning a coterie of devoted fans as well as an unusually hefty amount of critical kudos right from the outset. Co-produced by Paul Butler [Band Of Bees], 'What Will Be We Be' was recorded in a sleepy Northern California town throughout the Spring of 2009, and has a sunny, breezy feel with performances that evoke warm, lazy afternoons spent with goodfriends. The album is dominated by powerfully melodic, mid-tempo numbers played with relaxed expertise. But there's also ambitious stylistic range displayed with the inclusion of evanescent ballads like 'Meet Me At the Lookout Point', the epic riff-rocker 'Rats', sprightly R&B flavored groovers on 'Baby', and the sultry Latin-flavored stunner 'Brindo,' the Roxy-inspired '16th & Valencia Roxy Music' among other pleasant surprises!)