When I could not a recall any favorite songs from "Choose Your Weapon" it really spoke to the way that all the songs meshed together. That being said, I think that this album is more effective as background music than as an attention-grabbing masterpiece. While all the songs are indeed unique, they don't really have any distinguishing features that set them apart from each other. Their sound is a fusion of future beats, hip-hop and soul with subtler influences of Latin, dubstep and opera. The chord progressions are satisfyingly jazzy under the R&B style vocals that are sung so soulfully. Hiatus Kaiyote are a 4-piece independent future soul group based in Melbourne, performing on occasion with 3 additional backing singers. The production quality is great on this album and everything flows smoothly and psychedelically as intended. While it is true that this album is well put together, it lacks the certain oomph that my favorite music has. While it is After I listened to "Choose Your Weapon" by Hiatus Kaiyote, I would endorse the album and recommend that you give it a listen. … ExpandĪfter I listened to "Choose Your Weapon" by Hiatus Kaiyote, I would endorse the album and recommend that you give it a listen. Choose Your Weapon is an album for the ages, and fortunately for all of us is only the sophomore effort of this most up-and-coming band, Hiatus Kaiyote.
After the opening riff, Shuman shows off his bass skills with a heavy bassline providing a steady base for Homme’s wild vocals. Of all the things to start with, maracas open up this heavy rocker of a song. The future of soul: Hiatus Kaiyote’s supernatural sophomore album The Australian quartets second studio album is an elevation of what they call 'future soul. Simon Mavin on keyboards and Paul Bender on bass both demonstrate nothing short of virtuosity on their respective instruments: Bender lays the bass on thick on tracks such as Swamp Thing and provides intricate counterpoint on Molasses, while Mavin creates a varied ethereal soundscape with his synthesizer that defines and permeates the album. The first single of the album, 'My God Is the Sun', is a true Queens of the Stone Age classic. Perrin Moss is, somehow, always both on and off the beat, handling complex time changes and rhythmic complexities with apparent ease. Nai Palm's carefully-weaved and complex vocal harmonies complement her incredible, incendiary lead performance. The band creates a tapestry of diverse images while maintaining a strong sense of continuity: while tracks like Swamp Thing, Fingerprints, and By Fire sound like they ought not be by the same artist, let alone on the same record, they all share a similar harmonic pentatonic "fingerprint", as it were the same goes for Atari and Prince Minikid, which share a single-step chord change despite having significantly different musical surfaces.
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The band creates a tapestry of diverse Hiatus Kaiyote's Choose Your Weapon is a complete album experience, served best by a full listening. Hiatus Kaiyote's Choose Your Weapon is a complete album experience, served best by a full listening.