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...Banhart has never hurt for an outlet to address his weirdest impulses— after all, this is an artist whose regular albums have no problem absorbing lyrics about psychedelic squids and marriage to little boys—but he goes quite a bit weirder than usual on...
...Banhart is always a little too aware of what he is doing. Too often he writes songs with his super-curated fashion-hippie persona in mind. The results are songs that are often more knowingly clever than affecting, more of a high-minded wink and nod to...
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...mushiness in all corners of culture. So join me in putting aside that wearied irritation, and let your cockles be warmed by the hippie friendship monster. In spite of everything -- or maybe because of everything -- the world needs Devendra Banhart....
...folk of the Decemberists and Sufjan Stevens, or the amusing usage of the term “freak-folk” that describes the likes of Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Akron/Family, the genre inarguably remains as one of the most domineering styles of utilization...
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