{"id":17880,"date":"2017-03-07T17:23:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=17880"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:07:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:07:38","slug":"album-review-vagabon-infinite-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/album-review-vagabon-infinite-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"ALBUM REVIEW: Vagabon &#8220;Infinite Worlds&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;yes&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221;][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=&#8221;1_1&#8243; background_position=&#8221;left top&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_size=&#8221;&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; spacing=&#8221;yes&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; padding=&#8221;&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;no&#8221; center_content=&#8221;no&#8221; min_height=&#8221;none&#8221;]<figure id=\"attachment_17949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17949\" style=\"width: 669px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/album-review-vagabon-infinite-worlds\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17949\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820-324x216.jpg 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820-416x277.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vagabon press photo by Ebru Yildiz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Laetitia Tamko opens her debut record with \u201cThe Embers,\u201d painting herself as \u201ca small fish\u201d in a world of fiercer creatures. \u201cYou\u2019re a shark that hates everything,\u201d she repeats. \u201cYou\u2019re a shark that eats every fish.\u201d In the music video, Tamko sits on a bus, surrounded by nondescript white guys with blindfolds on, unaware of her presence as she sings. But then she finds the freedom in being left to herself, dancing, comfortable in her own space in the world. Later, the men carry her above them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vagabon - The Embers (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zTo_Dsa8ijM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Watching it reminds me of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stereogum.com\/1924017\/dirty-projectors-fleet-foxes-frontmen-discuss-the-bad-and-bougie-state-of-indie-rock-today\/news\/\">recent conversation <\/a>between Dirty Projector\u2019s Dave Longstreth and Fleet Foxes\u2019 Robin Pecknold, bemoaning the lack of new, good and original indie rock. The conversation, which took place on Instagram, earned some well-deserved eye rolls and the criticism that the two don\u2019t realize the major players in the genre are increasingly non-male and non-white; they only had to look beyond those that mirrored themselves to find musicians like Tamko, who has created an amazing album that contains an emotion and fire that makes it seem beyond just her first major release. Her talent for introspection, as well as a worldly awareness, make it easy to get lost in her universe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On <i>Infinite Worlds, <\/i>quiet, indie-folk moments give way to heavy rock and in the middle of it all, the dreamy, electronic jam \u201cMal \u00e0 L\u2019aise.\u201d Her best lyrics rise out of sadness instead of being brought down by it, and use the feeling of being small or out of place as motivation to push back. The song where it all comes together in a perfect, heartbreaking way is \u201cCold Apartment,\u201d which builds and pulls back until words seem to escape Tamko; her soaring vocals dissolve over crashing drums and power chords until we\u2019re left with just the gentle guitar melody the song started with. The album feels new and fresh, even after a few listens. If you haven\u2019t heard it yet, check it out below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Infinite Worlds\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2t1IC3t3dXjK1wIlsEjCez?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/fusion_builder_column][\/fusion_builder_row][\/fusion_builder_container]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;yes&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221;][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=&#8221;1_1&#8243; background_position=&#8221;left top&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_size=&#8221;&#8221; border_color=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; spacing=&#8221;yes&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; padding=&#8221;&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;0px&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;0px&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;&#8221; animation_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;no&#8221; center_content=&#8221;no&#8221; min_height=&#8221;none&#8221;] Laetitia Tamko opens her debut record with \u201cThe Embers,\u201d painting herself as \u201ca small fish\u201d in a world of fiercer creatures. \u201cYou\u2019re a shark that hates everything,\u201d she repeats. \u201cYou\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":17949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[203,573,202],"tags":[42,5796,510,651,5794,5795],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/vagabon-infinite-worlds-press-photo-credit-to-ebru-yildiz-web-1477950820.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17880"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19182,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17880\/revisions\/19182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}