Every so often, Joyful Noise Recordings gets two artists together for their Cause & Effect 7″ series, where one musician is placed alongside a musician that heavily influenced them. Their latest pairing is Tim Kinsella’s band Joan Of Arc and Devendra Banhart. Banhart, whose last album was 2016’s...
Waking up you want to see
Who's it you want paralyzed
You see what you want to see
And its you that you've done hypnotized
There are corners of your home
You've never noticed before
There are corners of your own home
You've never noticed before
And you're numb and you're numb and you know that you're numb
And you're numb and you're numb and you know that you're numb
Taking out the you from me
The you that wants me paralyzed
The show and tell it all seemed to be
Had shown and told me hypnotized
There are corners of your home
You've never noticed before
There are corners of your own home
You've never noticed before
And you're numb and you're numb and you know that you're numb
And you're numb and you're numb and you know that you're numb
Hermaphrodite stepfather
Just pollinate and don't bother the flower
My generous mother has set off to sail
Her genuflect offering faith in betrayal
There are corners of your home
You've never noticed before
There are corners of your own home
You've never noticed before
Devendra Banhart released Shown and Told on Fri May 18 2018.
Holy moly do I love Joan of Arc… one of the few bands who, almost 20 years later, I’m still interested in what they have to say, still excited about what direction their work will go… I first heard this song (Shown & Told) in a live setting, the ebb and flow of the hypnotic chords and the depth...