Sgt Pepper neo-folk?

Devendra Banhart surprised last year coming out in quick succession two beautiful albums of Folk gaunt, in the tradition of the great forgotten by history (Karen Dalton and Vashti Bunyan) although, in retrospect, critics wicked found some toc in this bibeloterie hippie, threatening to categorize Banhart radius "Patchoulis & mandalas" rather than radius "new Nick Drake!"
Yet we must recognize that man is productive (this album contains 22 songs and comes less than a year after "Nino Rojo"), and he knew all the lucky wonder who saw him in concert (recently in Paris in a "wild" Ceu concert with the Brazilian and French rapper Spleen!). We must also recognize that Banhart does not just deliver the same person: here is a lame crow that escort us into a forest of diverse influences: the cover already, kind of Incredible String Band Club meets Sergeant Pepper Brocéliande. But the content is even more surprising: accompanied by a group of bards delusional, the Hairy Fairies (including Noah Georgeson and Thom Monahan), Banhart distils a series of songs with variegated influences: Latin ("Santa Maria de Feira") psychedelia ("Lazy Butterfly"), Tropicalia ("Quedateluna"), Pop-song absurd ("The Beatles"), Nursery Rhyme ("I Feel Just Like A Child") dylanienne ballad ("Some People Ride The Wave") and of course old woodland folk, as on the beautiful and melancholic "Inaniel". With such a rich palette, and instrumentation that is not afraid of electricity, Banhart painted a kaleidoscope probably like him more than all his past records. Very comfortable in the middle of this forest influences, he sows songs in the form of small precious stones and never gets lost in the bazaar eclecticism. It remains for you to join him there, not without forgetting to swap your clothes every day for more colorful thrift. Like what the raven, even lame, is not always an ominous bird ...