Choose Your Weapon
by Hiatus Kaiyote
- Type: Album
- Released: 31 March 2015
- Label: Flying Buddha
- Country: Australia
- Length: 1:09:25
- Community rating: 3.72/5 from 7 ratings
Artists on this release: Perrin Moss, Bryce Gilhome, Paul Bender, Salaam Remi, Simon Mavin
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Melbourne quartet dramatically expands their sound with an intricate, dizzying sophomore effort overflowing with labyrinthine time signatures and dense chord voicings. Frontwoman Nai Palm's elastic vocals dance across wildly unpredictable, funk-heavy compositions that frequently shift tempos without warning. Its dazzling blend of modern R&B, jazz fusion, and video game-inspired electronic textures earned significant global critical acclaim.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, progressive, uncommon-time-signatures, funky, soulful, groove-laden, rhythmic, experimental
Tracklist
- Choose Your Weapon (1:33)
- Shaolin Monk Motherfunk (5:50)
- Laputa (2:25)
- Creations Part One (0:49)
- Borderline with My Atoms (6:01)
- Breathing Underwater (5:44)
- Cicada (0:37)
- Swamp Thing (4:59)
- Fingerprints (4:16)
- Jekyll (5:33)
- Prince Minikid (2:49)
- Atari (6:08)
- By Fire (5:03)
- Creations Part Two (1:01)
- The Lung (4:53)
- Only Time All the Time: Making Friends with Studio Owl (1:02)
- Molasses (4:49)
- Building a Ladder (5:42)
Credits
- Nai Palm - artwork [copper leafing], guitar, keyboards, performer [hiatus kaiyote], vocals
- Laneous "Lame-boy" The Lunchboxer - artwork [cover artwork]
- Paul Bender - bass, guitar, keyboards, performer [hiatus kaiyote], programmed by
- Perrin Moss - bass, drums, keyboards, percussion, performer [hiatus kaiyote]
- Simon Mavin - keyboards, percussion, performer [hiatus kaiyote], vocoder
- Jennifer Liebeskind - product manager [product development]
- Laura Kszan - product manager [product development]
- Adam King - percussion [additional]