The rippling track is laden with gorgeous stuttering guitar motifs that, along with electronic instrumentation, move it along in perfect synthesis.Ģ3-year-old Nai Palm has a throaty voice that coats Tawk Tomahawk’s deceptively mellow noise in just-barely-there sweet longing. The first track “Mobius Streak” is a song about optical illusions, which makes a lot of sense - it’s hard to tell where one arrangement starts and the next begins. But despite numerous potential labels, Hiatus Kaiyote sound determinedly unfamiliar.Įxemplifying this unconventional sound is the debut combined EP/LP Tawk Tomahawk, that the band released independently last spring. “Future Soul” is the enigmatic genre claimed by Hiatus Kaiyote, but their sound is an amalgamation of wide-ranging influences, from Oumou Sangaré to Iggy And The Stooges with a smattering of J Dilla and D’Angelo somewhere in between. “Even ‘doing well’ means rent is still a bitch to pay, so you might as well just make the music you want to make, not change what you do to ‘get noticed’,'” bassist Paul Bender said. The group hails from Melbourne - a city with an explosive music scene in a country with a small industry. Hiatus Kaiyote formed in mid-2011, when the four founding members – Nai Palm, Perrin Moss, Paul Bender, and Simon Mavin - began playing together after working on separate projects.
tour last month, playing SXSW showcases, Manhattan’s Le Poisson Rouge, and a guest performance during Questlove’s weekly DJ set at the Brooklyn Bowl. Australia’s Hiatus Kaiyote seem like they could serve as the soundtrack to pretty much anything - they blend what sounds like the score of a futuristic western with the daily grind of urban life.
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