Description
Needle Paw is the 2017 debut solo album by Nai Palm, the lead singer and composer of R&B future soul outfit Hiatus Kaiyote. A two-time Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and musician from Melbourne, Australia, Nai Palm is a composer, instrumentalist, producer, vocalist and poet who approaches all of these self-taught disciplines with an intuitive, infectious grace. This gift has sent her and her band Hiatus Kaiyote on a journey to sculpt songs that have been received and treasured across the globe. Their success set the stage for Nais first solo effort. Comprised almost entirely of her guitar playing and vocal arrangements, Needle Paw is Nai Palms self-imposed challenge to explore the potential for immortality and timelessness within her music by stripping away the produced layers to focus on the element that is closest to the source of the human soul: the voice. Needle Paw is the rawest glimpse into Nai Palms musical world. It is dreamlike, honest, and beautifully transparent, revealing her musical ruminations to listeners with a courageous vulnerability and artistic generosity. Nai sees this album as a reminder to musicians that they dont have to rely on production to expose their gifts. Needle Paw features acoustic versions of Hiatus Kaiyote favorites Atari, Mobius, When The Knife, Molasses, and Borderline With My Atoms, as well as covers of songs by David Bowie (Blackstar), Radiohead (Pyramid Song) and Jimi Hendrix (Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)). There are six new tracks on the album written by Nai, including Homebody, which she refers to as her purest offeringa sanctuary to lick your woundswithout acrobatics. Also featured is the medley Crossfire/So Into You which dives into a topic that Nai rarely writes aboutromantic relationships. The outro of the song is a cover of Tamias So Into You. At this point in her journey, she has nothing to prove to anyone, just something that provides for everyone.
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