Devendra Banhart has released ‘It’s Not Always Funny’, the third track from his upcoming four-song EP, Vast Ovoid, due as a limited-edition 12” coloured vinyl 45 on July 24. You can hear the track below and download it now when you pre-order the EP, along with the previously released tracks, ‘Let’s See’ and ‘Love Song (Helado Negro Remix)’. The EP is a follow-up to Banhart’s latest studio album, Ma, which was released to critical acclaim in September 2019 and includes the original version of ‘Love Song’.
“While writing this song I was thinking about over-consumption, a kind that goes beyond objects, and starts to pig out on emotions … it’s never kindness or joy is it?” Banhart says.
“I was thinking about the touch of your eyes … and now that eyes have become our faces, I find going to the supermarket the most intimate experience … since the lockdown we have been hyper developing the language of looking into each others’ eyes …
“I was thinking about how they say it’s important to laugh, especially when there’s nothing to laugh about, I’m not sure if that’s true but it stuck with me.”
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