June 25th 2021
https://hiatuskaiyote.bandcamp.com/album/mood-valiant

01. Flight Of The Tiger Lily
02. Sip Into Something Soft
03. Chivalry Is Not Dead
04. And We Go Gentle
05. Get Sun (feat. Arthur Verocai)
06. All The Words We Don't Say
07. Hush Rattle
08. Rose Water
09. Red Room
10. Sparkle Tape Break Up
11. Stone Or Lavender
12. Blood And Marrow

First single just dropped.
Get Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IcJw8EteSc

various vinyl at the bandcamp link and elsewehere

I rarely get an opportunity to get those for releases I'm really excited about because they're always sold out.

So hyped I snagged one of those.

Already feeling Get Sun and LOVE that they're working with Arthur Verocai.

So excited for this album!

They got word to Verocai that they wanted him to do like a 15-20 second intro arrangement for a song. He told them to come to Brasil... they couldn't afford to go, so they set up a South American tour just so they could go to his studio. When they got there he had put together like a full arrangement (which I believe now runs throughout the whole track) and they ended up staying to work on some other stuff. I wonder what will become of the other material.

Great story.

Actually given everything the group has gone through the last few years,
I would have understood them not putting out an album this year.

or one of the last copies of the white label, because after I made my purchase, it appears the white label is Out Of Stock. The miracles of technology.

I hope 9th Wonder sampling them on Kendrick's last album gives them some shine that'll make folks check for them on this album.

I wonder if Brainfeeder will drop more vinyl alternatives; I have a feeling other venues (Turntable Lab or Newbury Comics) will drop other color variants.

One track that I saw on Youtube I was looking forward hearing in a studio setting was Cinnamon Temple. I wonder if that's renamed to something else here or if it'll drop on another release.

and these are the ones that most people favored from there.
I kinda think this may be it for this first drop, but who knows.
There's might end up being several others that drop in the coming days

I just went back and looked at that patreon post and they ended up saying they're gonna do 7-8 versions.

>they ended up saying they're gonna do 7-8 versions.

this is why I've been gun-shy about ordering a copy. gonna try and hold off a bit longer to see what else pops up. if history's anything to go by, I figured at least Turntable Lab would have something exclusive. I don't think I can hold out long, tho...

Happy with my choice....tho the Black/Red is fire too tho.

As long as they don't do a burgundy/dark red variant I'm good.

https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/hiatus-kaiyote-mood-valiant-hhv-eu-exclusive-dark-green-vinyl-edition-814662?p=DAYCsl

and Bleep is offering a few extras (same colors as the other retailers, tho)

(for the record, I think all this color variant stuff has gotten really out of hand, but I'm excited for this release, dammit, so I'm allowing myself to indulge!)

If an artist/band is providing a regular vinyl release and ONE color option that's limited edition,
that's when I'll go for the color. Mr. Bongo had that red version of Sault's Untitled album.

But like, 7 different colors? Eh.

Can I also use this post to talk about how I really dislike the splattered colored records? I've never seen one that I thought looked good.

>Can I also use this post to talk about how I really dislike
>the splattered colored records? I've never seen one that I
>thought looked good.
>
>

Give me splits or swirls or galaxies or even yolks or whatever. Any of that over splatter if you're going to do something other than a solid color.

I loves me a good marble swirl, but the splatters/splits/blobs/etc. are tacky almost 100% of the time to me. seems like they're aimed squarely at folks who've been into records for two weeks.

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/products/hiatus-kaiyote-mood-valiant?variant=39248207937626


I splurged a little hard the initial go round for the different variants Hiatus Kaiyote offered themselves, so I think I'm all good on the different colored vinyl offerings, at least for now.

I may change my tune some months down the line if something new crops up, which I think may be the case.

and I'm mad at myself for considering giving VMP $50 for it. *sigh*

once I've made a choice on the variant, I can get back to being excited about the music on the damn disc.

i like that dark green the most so far, but the signed copy of the black vinyl is also tempting, but i also want a shirt.

https://store.hiatuskaiyote.com/products/mood-valiant-spotify-fans-first-lp

in addition to the white label.

>(for the record, I think all this color variant stuff has
>gotten really out of hand, but I'm excited for this release,
>dammit, so I'm allowing myself to indulge!)

is that I would imagine COVID will limit how much the band will be able to tour and fully maximize any potential revenue from the new material. I notice that are going to tour Australia, which makes sense since Australia and New Zealand are the only two locales that I'm aware of that did a good job in restraining COVID infections. I could be ignorant of other nations doing a good job fighting COVID, but I can't see them touring anywhere else.

If they want to release a colored vinyl for each month of the year to get them dollars, I wouldn't get mad at them.

>If they want to release a colored vinyl for each month of the year to get them dollars, I wouldn't get mad at them.

pretty sure that's what Khruangbin did last year, heh heh.

but yeah, I'm not mad if that's the case. the hypebeast-esque feeding frenzy surrounding such releases does get a little tiring, however. but I'm glad to see artists get supported and so much interest in physical media (despite how fad-ish it seems now).

Good point.

http://store.hiatuskaiyote.com

The web store front has an autographed copy of the album that I don't think is available from the bandcamp link if I'm not mistaken, along with various sorts of apparel for the album.

Looks like they are going all out to promote themselves this go round.

perfect way to come back after so much time away.
Probably ran this joint back 20 times since it dropped.
I wish i could decipher what Nai's talking about lol

coinciding with their signing to BRAINFEEDER.

Get sun is a jam

Long wait...but they haven’t lost a step

Blessings to nai palm on her recovery

nothing too mindblowing. looking forward to the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eC9MHadZt0

Nai singing The Makings Of You from her hospital bed the morning after her mastectomy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p46Tm9-7i7E

Get Sun didn't really do it for me, but this is dope

but based on what I read on the group's Instagram account, this song was birthed as result of the band jamming in the same Brazil sessions for Get Sun. Without Get Sun, this song wouldn't have been around.

No wild time signature changes, no musical genre hopping, and this is relatively low energy compared to stuff I've heard from them in the past.

I think I've run this back about 7 or 8 times now.


I wonder what this track would've sounded like if this were included on that solo album Nai Palm did some years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaNm48wiezs

Damn does the bass knock on this.

Just a couple more weeks til this record comes out. Can't wait.

The bad news is that Melbourne is currently in another lockdown with a covid outbreak. HK is supposed to fly to DC to record a Tiny Desk Concert and it's nclear whether or not they're gonna be able to do that. I'm actually really surprised they haven't done one yet. And I really hope the lockdown gets lifted in time for them to do it!

>The bad news is that Melbourne is currently in another
>lockdown with a covid outbreak. HK is supposed to fly to DC to
>record a Tiny Desk Concert and it's nclear whether or not
>they're gonna be able to do that. I'm actually really
>surprised they haven't done one yet. And I really hope the
>lockdown gets lifted in time for them to do it!


Why can't the band do a remote Tiny Desk from Australia? I've seen other acts do remote Tiny Desks during the height of COVID. If a lockdown is stopping Hiatus Kaiyote from flying to the US, just use current technology to record and upload the performance to the Tiny Desk folks.

I don't see the problem here.

Are ehhhh... to me. They're okay at best. A few good ones. But they don't recreate the energy of the real ones. Not even close.

before I listen to anything, but the hype is real. happy to see these positive comments.

by the way, they're releasing a *12" single" for Get Sun on Record Store Day. who does 12" singles anymore?? I love it!

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Fuck aliens

-Warriorpoet415

#2dopebrothersandastackofwax

https://www.instagram.com/bobgeorge87

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I'm in Japan and I stumbled on it checking a local site. had no idea it existed beforehand. here's a link: https://www.jetsetrecords.net/i/433005905059/

I also saw it on the RSD page for Australia, but it's strangely nowhere else. no idea why it's so pricey, either.

Not feeling this one either... damn man, 1/3 bangers IMO (red room).

Hopefully the rest of the album is a bit better.

but isn't as lackluster as Get Sun was to me.

I'm a bit surprised they released three singles since the album is only 12 songs long, but I'm not one to complain to much because it's been a minute since they released new material.

Looking at this somewhat optimistically, perhaps they'll release their other album sometime in the late fall/early winter.

this is near flawless.

Every positive descriptive word you can come up with.
__
I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization (NEBTO)

Hot damn! This band makes alien music!

Got to give the album more spins but I'm digging it.

Love the way the chorus sequences into the verses

Can’t stop singing it.

Get Sun
Red Room
Sparkle Tape Break Up
Stone Or Lavender

I need more listens.
I dig the 2nd half of the album more for sure.

...joint is so dark, so hip hop

Good to hear folks are having a good time with the record. I have to admit, I was a bit leery on this album because it appeared to be a bit short, but not it appears I will be in for a treat when I get to dig into this when I get home.

It appears the band made the right call not to go the double LP route like they planned to.

But All The Words We Don't Say is my favorite track at the moment.

On that track and on the album overall, Paul Bender was a fucking force of nature with his bass playing.

I'm also curious how some of these tracks will translate in a live setting.

I've never been a huge fan, didn't dislike them but they never really clicked for me (even though they seemed to check all the right boxes). Get Sun really hit for me, though, so was already excited. Played it this morning and I was clued into this record from start to finish and am already about to take it for a second spin.

That final stretch is something really special. I think I like Red Room more in the context of the record here, too, than I did as a single.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

>I think I like
>Red Room more in the context of the record here, too, than I
>did as a single.


This was my experience with Chivalry Is Not Dead. I think when I initially heard the track, the opening synths threw me off a bit. Now, I've been playing the track non-stop the past three days. The bass licks in that chorus are beyond superb.

Stone or Lavender put some dust in my eyes when thinking about all Nai Palm has been through. And I may have skipped "We go gentle" when I first played it, but I listened to that song 4 times today. Definitely not as playful or quirky as their other ones, but this is a beautiful album.

Gorgeous album. Sonically, I’ve always enjoyed this group, but thought the songwriting needed some work. It all comes together here.

>Gorgeous album. Sonically, I’ve always enjoyed this group,
>but thought the songwriting needed some work. It all comes
>together here.

Absolutely beautiful song. This may not be a jam like the overwhelming majority of their songs, but this might be the one for me. It's so good.

Major late pass btw.. Always been a fan of the group through the 1st 2 albums, but this one dropped when I wasn't really checking for new music. Then, when I finally got around to checking it out, I never gave it full listen. Man, was I sleeping hard.

The audio is a bit rough in spots, but here's a roughly 20-30 minute interview with the two of them: https://blog.roughtrade.com/rough-trade-edit-podcast-32-with-hiatus-kaiyote/

Get Sun??? Yes.

Rose Water??? HELL YES.
---

https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


welp

So I saw this comment on discogs under the Text Pressing version of Mood Valiant:

"I was expecting something a little more than a generic (autographed) outer and a plain inner sleeve with some paint splatters.
Happy to have my copy but it could have been more "special" IMO.
Guess I'll be buying a regular copy as well..."

I thought I'd leave my rant here instead of posting it there but...I don't get this.

Did this person NOT know what a test pressing was? THEY ONLY MADE 500!
On top of that, they autographed and painted (really just splatter) the album sleeve.
So your version of Mood Valiant is essentially a 1 of 1.
Nobody has a record like yours and your thought was...

"I'll be buying a regular copy as well."

You mean the exact same version everyone else has?
Do you know what a collector's item is?
Like that's why I paid the extra money. I wanted something unique because I felt this was going to be a special record.


(i'll probably edit this later).

*ducks* ha. just not for me. red room is hard though.

...(i see you aint disagree with me though *eyes emoji* ha)

and i like them, i've seen them live overseas. the lyrics are a little
thin and they ride a chorus for too long but, i understand that they're
a 'vibe' group. the few that i like, they bang.

-red room
-and we go gentle
-get sun
-sparkle tape break up

Unless you're referring specifically to this album. This album is lighter in lyrics but as a group with songs like Molasses, The Lung, Fingerprints, Malika, Nakamarra, etc...

lyrically, they're often esoteric and dense but how you could say "thin" is beyond me.

And as far as being a vibe group... with all the weird time signatures, time changes, chord changes, switch-ups. I don't agree at all. Red Room is a vibe song, but outside of that, nah.

>

Compared to the last two, this one falls short... unfortunate, cause it was a long wait and these guys are one of my fave groups.

but I'm curious if 9th Wonder will concoct some new heat from this album like he's done in the past.

https://twitter.com/artykarateparty/status/1415008958226440207

I'm have to assume this was recorded remotely.

the new album's still too fresh for me to dive into the discussion, BUT I wanna know what's up with the comp they mentioned. anyone know the deal?

Not sure if they mean comp as in compilation or competition but they're talking about running it through discord... which makes me think competition leading to a compilation.

is just the kind of motivation I need to get off my booty (creatively) and get back to work. I've already been noodling around with a Get Sun remix, and it's the first thing I've come close to actually completing in years.

if I gotta join Discord to get in on it, so be it.

if they'll make stems for all the Mood Valiant tracks available for this remix project. They already provided stems for Red Room and Get Sun if memory serves me right. I'm assuming they'll do their best to restrict the stems to Patreon members only.

I have no interest in trying to cobble together any remixes, but I'd love to get the bass stem for Chivalry Is Not Dead. Paul Bender laid down some serious bass playing on that track.

>They already provided stems for Red Room and Get Sun if memory serves me right.

I knew about the Get Sun stems from the 12" release, but Red Room got them as well? was that a Patreon thing?

Red Room is my JAM!!! if they exist, I need them...

i love them but not patreon level. BUT to get the stems??? yeup sign me up
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https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul


welp

The membership costs $5 a month and you don't have to automatically renew the membership. Buy the membership for the one month, download the stems, peruse the rest of the posts, and then when the month is over, you are done with the membership.

This might have been mentioned earlier in the thread but here's a deluxe lp w/gatefold, glow in the dark vinyl, and a booklet, and some other stuff

https://www.turntablelab.com/products/hiatus-kaiyote-mood-valiant-deluxe-edition-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

NPR link: https://www.npr.org/2021/08/04/1022247453/hiatus-kaiyote-tiny-desk-home-concert

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCK1QnrTXvA

Positive: Great list of producers, including people that don't do much remix work.

Negative: No physicals announced (yet?)/Kinda surprised FlyLo didn't remix anything.

Get Sun (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSCLq7pw2k

Red Room (Nick Hakim Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCs7jIoFc-Y


TRACKLIST

1 Blood And Marrow (Stro Elliot Remix)

2 Get Sun (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)

3 Chivalry Is Not Dead (Salami Rose Joe Louis Remix)

4 And We Go Gentle (DJ Khalil Remix)

5 Sparkle Tape Break Up (Mndsgn Remix)

6 All The Words We Don’t Say (Omari Jazz Remix)

7 Rose Water (Silentjay Remix)

8 Sip Into Something Soft (Teebs Remix)

9 Red Room (Ki Pharaoh Basement Edit)

10 Red Room (Nick Hakim Remix)

Remix EPs have been back in vogue recently (I think it's a COVID effect) but I don't know that I've seen FlyLo on any of them, which is kind of interesting.

But this list of folks is solid -- should be great.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~

>Negative: No physicals announced (yet?)/Kinda surprised FlyLo
>didn't remix anything.

but I'm assuming IF physical copies of this are released, it'll take a but of time for them to be available for sale. I'm thinking strictly about vinyl since that's the majority of what I purchase these days.

man look.

Best show I've been to in a long time.

The new album will be 11 tracks and mixing will occur in October.

I'm going to assume that'll result in a 2024 Spring release, but I could easily be incorrect as I'm just taking a blind guess.

For those that saw the band fairly recently, I was able to confirm that Within You and Cinnamon Temple will be two of the 11 tracks.