There were many challenges that were overcome and I feel I have walked away with a sort of journal that really captures the details of intimacy of where I'm at in my life.
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With every record there are lessons and evolutions that you carry with you into the next endeavour but for the most part I am at peace with Needle Paw. The album bio mentions a search for timelessness in music through stripping things back, something that often feels lost with the enormity of music that’s released in today’s digital age - do you feel like you achieved that with Needle Paw?įor sure. There is a raw nerve and humility that comes through as a result that has been incredibly empowering and cathartic for me.
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It's definitely more intimate, I feel I'm a lot harder on myself emotionally because there's less people to bounce off in the long hour sessions energy wise. When it’s just you, either in the recordings or playing live, is that a situation you thrive on – does it push you harder, or in a different way? I adored going deeper down the rabbit hole of guitar sounds/layers, riffs etc. Wearing the musical director hat for the bv (back ground vocals) tracking was particularly fun too, boosting morale and dancing around the studio like a cheerleader haha. I won’t go into the reasons why you wanted to do a solo record again, but I’m curious as to what did you enjoy the most about the solo process? I guess first up a belated congratulations on your solo record a little while back – it’s excellent.
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She's been touring the world and Australia heavily to celebrate its release, and the tour is winding up with a couple of shows in WA this weekend (check the full run of dates down the bottom), and we hit her up to find out some more behind the album, her working relationship with Drizzy, and what's happening in 2018. As you'll discover below, the process was a rewarding one, one that exposes the human artist behind the artistry in some breathtaking sounds. Earlier this year she released her debut solo album, Needle Paw, a stunning, at times very moving collection of stripped back music shining a light on her guitar and vocal arrangements. Paak and Drake, with the latter sampling a track from her band Hiatus Kaiyote on his More Life project, while Kendrick did similar on his 2017 opus, DAMN.
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She's already championed the world over by the likes of Erykah Badu, Anderson. Her list of acheivements and skills is long and celebrated. Nai Palm is a one-of-a-kind artist - a composer, instrumentalist, producer, vocalist, singer/songwriter, poet, two-time Grammy nominated singer.