Devendra Banhart Splits From XL, Wraps Sixth Record With Band of Bees Member

Devendra Banhart has finished his sixth full-length for a fall release through a TBD label. (While the hairy fairy king is still listed as a “current” artist on XL’s site, he parted ways with the label recently.) Band of Bees frontman Paul Butler co-produced the effort with Banhart, which was recorded in a rented house just north of San Francisco with the following backing band: Greg Rogove (drums, backing vocals), Luckey Remington (bass, vocals), Rodrigo Amarante (guitar, backing vocals) and longtime collaborator Noah Georgeson (guitar, backing vocals). According to a press release, “all the musicians involved played a part in arranging the songs recorded.”

Hopefully that means they took it more seriously than the following clip…