Vagabon's first album, 2017's Infinite Worlds, was an indie breakthrough that put her on the map, prompting the artist to tour around the world and quit her job in electrical/computer engineering to pursue a career in music full-time. Her self-titled Nonesuch Records debut finds her in a state of creative expansion, leaning fully into some of the experimental instincts she flirted with on the previous album. This time around, she's throwing genre to the wind. Vagabon is a vibrant culmination of influences, emotional landscapes, and moods; a colorful and masterful statement by an artist and producer stepping into her own. She's joined by a consortium of friends, who sing along with her over a trembling string arrangement. "At dawn, I'll be home soon," they affirm in unison. "Home has always been a major theme in my music, and when I say I make music for outcasts, I am also talking about those who feel far from home or uncomfortable where they're at," Tamko says. "To me, home isn't a physical space so much as it is a mental state. I'm writing about wanting to feel safe and at home in my body and in my mind and in the community I move in. I want Vagabon to be a project that people searching for the same thing can connect with." After her debut EP release in July 2021, opening act Jayla Kai is sharing a new and different release, The Short Song Project. Primarily self-produced and developed with a couple of close collaborators, the project is preserved as it was conceived: jagged, unique and personal. The Short Song Project is about play, exploring Kai’s inner world with unconstrained openness and inviting everybody in.
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