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The multi-instrumentalist Laetitia Tamko, prone to playing and singing everything herself, has moved in a more rhythmic danceable direction since her 2017 debut Infinite Worlds. "I didn't feel like being introspective. I just wanted to have fun," she has said about her new album, but the opening track begs to differ. Switched on by layers of synths, cymbal sounds and jots of electronic percussion, "Can I Talk My Shit?," a collaboration with producer Jack McLaine and Trayer Tryon, spends its length letting us know Tamko wants to talk troubles while also filling the dance floor: "I'm way too high for this/ Riding on a wave too low/ Never found myself through the smoke." As a result, she's also more intimately conversational.
On the smooth house dance track, "You Know How," in which she breaks into French in several verses, the Cameroon native who now lives in New York City weaves through a complex emotional equation: "So come a little closer/ We should leave together/ I think we're more than friends/ But maybe just when we're alone." In "Carpenter" she pleads for a second chance in a relationship in which the timing wasn't right and yet doubts creep in ("I'm not afraid of what everybody wants/ You're what everybody wants, but I'm not what you would want"). A strumming guitar background is the setting for the light-hearted dance track, "Lexicon," which has the flavor of Sade, as she revels in the physical side of a relationship which has gone beyond language. Guitars are also strummed in "Anti-Fuck," which washes into indie guitar rock and where again love relationships are pondered: "Am I wrong to decide the last thing I want is unknown/ Am I wrong to reply, 'The last thing I felt was alone'/ Am I wrong to decide the last thing I want, is war for us?"
The album's title was influenced by Tamko's decision to go silent and move to rural Germany to write and record with assistance from Tryon, McLaine, Rostam Batmanglij and others. While the sound has the compression needed to fill clubs, there are still some dynamics present to clear the way to work out relationship battles by the dance floor. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
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Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Synthesizer, Mellotron, Upright Piano - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Trayer Tryon, Additional Production - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Julie Byrne, Backing Vocals - Donna Missal, Writer - Trayer Clancy Tryon, Writer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Samples - Jack McLaine, Additional Production, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Jack Geoffrey McLaine, Writer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Drum Programmer, Bass, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Andrew Kim, Assistant Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Alex Tumay, Additional Mixer - Nacor Zuluaga, Assistant Mixer - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Jack McLaine, Additional Production, Bass, Programming, AdditionalEngineer - Joey Messina-Doerning, Percussion, Congas, RecordingEngineer - Jack Geoffrey McLaine, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Writer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Programming - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Writer, Wah Wah Guitar, Drum Programmer, Harmonica, Electric Bass, Synthesizer Programming, Nylon Strung Guitar, Juno Synthesizer - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Casey Manierka-Quaile, Additional Production, Programming - Jeremy Hatcher, AdditionalEngineer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Casey William Manierka-Quaile, Writer - Andrew Tachine, Drums - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Drum Programmer - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Piano, Lead Vocals, Samples - Jack McLaine, Additional Production, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, AdditionalEngineer - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Jack Geoffrey McLaine, Writer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, Programming - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Casey Manierka-Quaile, Organ, Additional Production, Wurlitzer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Samples - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Casey William Manierka-Quaile, Writer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, Drum Machine Drums - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Casey Manierka-Quaile, Synthesizer - Jeremy Hatcher, AdditionalEngineer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Andrew Tachine, Drums - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Percussion, Writer, Drum Programmer, Mellotron - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Henry Solomon, Saxophone - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Jakob Hersch, Additional Production, Writer, Synthesizer, Programming - Teo Halm, Additional Production, Drum Programmer, Samples - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Drum Programmer - Sadek Massarweh, Additional Production, Writer - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Andrew Tachine, Drums - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer - Sadek Marssarweh, Guitar
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Casey Manierka-Quaile, Additional Production, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Synthesizer, Mellotron, Voice Samples - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Engineer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Casey Manierka-Quaile, Additional Production, Drum Programmer, Synthesizer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Engineer, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Programming - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer - Casey William Manierka-Quaile, Writer - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Rostam Batmanglij, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Synthesizer, Upright Piano - Emily Lazar, Masterer - Andrew Maury, Mixer - Vagabon, MainArtist - Chris Allgood, Masterer - Jakob Hersch, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Additional Production, Writer - Laetitia Tamko, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocals - Sadek Massarweh, Additional Production - Joey Messina-Doerning, Engineer, Bass Guitar - Laetitia Ange Tamko, Writer
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
Album review
The multi-instrumentalist Laetitia Tamko, prone to playing and singing everything herself, has moved in a more rhythmic danceable direction since her 2017 debut Infinite Worlds. "I didn't feel like being introspective. I just wanted to have fun," she has said about her new album, but the opening track begs to differ. Switched on by layers of synths, cymbal sounds and jots of electronic percussion, "Can I Talk My Shit?," a collaboration with producer Jack McLaine and Trayer Tryon, spends its length letting us know Tamko wants to talk troubles while also filling the dance floor: "I'm way too high for this/ Riding on a wave too low/ Never found myself through the smoke." As a result, she's also more intimately conversational.
On the smooth house dance track, "You Know How," in which she breaks into French in several verses, the Cameroon native who now lives in New York City weaves through a complex emotional equation: "So come a little closer/ We should leave together/ I think we're more than friends/ But maybe just when we're alone." In "Carpenter" she pleads for a second chance in a relationship in which the timing wasn't right and yet doubts creep in ("I'm not afraid of what everybody wants/ You're what everybody wants, but I'm not what you would want"). A strumming guitar background is the setting for the light-hearted dance track, "Lexicon," which has the flavor of Sade, as she revels in the physical side of a relationship which has gone beyond language. Guitars are also strummed in "Anti-Fuck," which washes into indie guitar rock and where again love relationships are pondered: "Am I wrong to decide the last thing I want is unknown/ Am I wrong to reply, 'The last thing I felt was alone'/ Am I wrong to decide the last thing I want, is war for us?"
The album's title was influenced by Tamko's decision to go silent and move to rural Germany to write and record with assistance from Tryon, McLaine, Rostam Batmanglij and others. While the sound has the compression needed to fill clubs, there are still some dynamics present to clear the way to work out relationship battles by the dance floor. © Robert Baird/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:07
- Main artists: Vagabon
- Label: Nonesuch
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc. ℗ 2023 Vagabon Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Nonesuch Records Inc.
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