New Devendra Banhart - "Forget About Him" (Kath Bloom Cover)

Banhart kissed his beard goodbye, but the gender-bending/open-ended sexuality remains on "Forget About Him," his contribution to the Kath Bloom tribute CD Loving Takes This Course. The 16-song collection also includes Bill Callahan, Mark Kozelek, the Dodos, Josephine Foster, Scout Niblett, etc. If you're unfamiliar with Bloom, she's a Connecticut-born singer-songwriter who's created truly otherworldly music on her own and, to my ears, especially via her numerous collaborations with classic American guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors. Here's Banhart's take on the lady.

Get the full track list, Meg Baird's cover of "There Was a Boy," and info about Kath Bloom's upcoming west coast tour at Naturalismo.

[photo by Lauren Dukoff]

Posted at 2:44 PM by brandon
Tags: Devendra Banhart | Kath Bloom

8 Comments

this is a great track, its so fun :D i'm going to be dancing to this asap
PS i still miss his beard. but he's still adorable <3

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Posted by: BONA_FIDE at 02/02/09 3:29 PM | Reply
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really doesn't even look like him anymore. who is this!

Posted by: joy at 02/02/09 3:42 PM | Reply
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A great song! It's refreshing as it seems totally new for Devendra.

Posted by: RubberSoul at 02/02/09 5:02 PM | Reply
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it sounds just like the last record, which sounded nothing like classic devendra. this isn't new for him, this is just the road he's been increasingly been taking ever since he got signed. definitely not a bad road though, just a much much different one.

Posted by: Run Run Riot at 02/02/09 7:49 PM | Reply
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very The Animals.

Posted by: dudethisrocks at 02/02/09 8:00 PM | Reply
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Yea, she's playing at my favorite local coffee shop :)

Posted by: Siobhan at 02/02/09 9:25 PM | Reply
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NEW DEVENDRA BANHART - "FORGET ABOUT HIM"

Done.

Posted by: Greg at 02/03/09 2:06 PM | Reply
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what a babe!

Posted by: David at 02/03/09 3:52 PM | Reply
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