Vagabon

Vagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:12 minutes | 736 MB | Genre: Indie Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Nonesuch

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.

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Vagabon – Sorry I Haven’t Called (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:34:12 minutes | 698 MB | Genre: Pop, Rock, Alternative & Indie
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Vagabon – Vagabon (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 35:50 minutes | 388 MB | Genre: Alternative
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The singer/songwriter wrote and produced every song, and for the album’s lead single, ‘Flood Hands’, she performs every single instrument. In this follow up to her breakout debut, ‘Infinite Worlds’ (2017), guitar-driven melodies are largely absent, and in their place are songs buoyed by hybridised analog and digital arrangements. Grounded by Tamko’s expressive voice and knack for unique melodies, the album flits between genres, never lingering too long on one particular sensibility.

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