
Vagabon is a Alt/Indie album by Vagabon, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- dreamy
- intimate
- confessional
About
When asked what gets under her skin, Brooklyn-based singer Laetitia Tamko has an answer: “The categories that people have for who deserves to be treated with humanity,” she tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “and who doesn’t.” It’s just one of the recurring topics that the singer—who goes by Vagabon—has examined since her 2014 debut EP <i>Persian Garden</i> and its 2017 follow-up LP, <i>Infinite Worlds</i>. “Naturally, it comes up in my music,” she adds. “To have the lines be less rigid about who deserves to be treated what way, and who deserves the space to feel safe in one room versus another.” With her second full-length, <i>Vagabon</i>, the singer’s mission is clear: to document her triumph over self-doubt, and to create an empowering space for others. Originally from Cameroon, Tamko honors the hard work of all the women who paved the way for her while simultaneously offering a hand to the next generation on “Every Women” with the line “All the women I meet are tired/They just kick up their feet prior/To my sittin’ down.” This theme of fellowship also connects to “Wits About You,” with Tamko rejecting any offer of success that doesn’t include her community. Amidst the calls for togetherness, the singer recalls some of the arduous experiences that helped her realize her self-worth, like the toll relationships have taken on her (“Water Me Down”) and ruminating on what could have been (“In a Bind”). The album opens and closes with “Full Moon in Gemini,” but on the reprise, the Montreal band Monako regenerates Tamko’s reflective anecdotes into an eager declaration about the singer’s future.
via Apple Music
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Tracklist
- 1Full Moon In Gemini2:52
- 2Flood3:44
- 3Secret Medicine2:56
- 4Water Me Down4:32
- 5In A Bind3:40
- 6Wits About You2:39
- 7Please Don't Leave The Table3:41
- 8Home Soon4:50
- 9Every Woman3:27
- 10Full Moon In Gemini (Monako Reprise)3:26
Credits
Performers
- Sen MorimotoBACKING VOCALS
- Taylor Simone HarveyBACKING VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS
- Sasami AshworthBACKING VOCALS HARMONY VOCALS FRENCH HORN
- Melina DuterteBACKING VOCALS TRUMPET
- Evan LawrenceBASS GUITAR
- Emily ElkinCELLO
- Cameron WischPERCUSSION SYNTHESIZER
- Meg DuffySLIDE GUITAR
- Eric LittmannSYNTHESIZER DRUMS
- Kate OutterbridgeVIOLA
- Oliver HillVIOLIN ARRANGED BY STRINGS
- Julie ByrneVOCALS
- Laetitia TamkoVOCALS SYNTHESIZER GUITAR
- Monako
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 8 pressings tracked on Gatefold
