What Will We Be

What Will We Be
Studio album by
Devendra Banhart
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009
GenreFolk, freak folk, naturalismo
Length50:31
LabelReprise/Warner Bros.
ProducerPaul Butler, Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart chronology
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
(2007) 		What Will We Be
(2009) 		Mala
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. Club(A-)[2]
Drowned In Sound(4/10)[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
PopMatters[5]
Pitchfork Media(4.0/10)[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin[8]
Uncut[9]

What Will We Be is Devendra Banhart's seventh studio album released on October 27, 2009, on Warner Bros. Records.[10] The album was co-produced by Banhart and Paul Butler from A Band of Bees. Rejoining Banhart are old band mates Noah Georgeson, Greg Rogove, Luckey Remington, and Rodrigo Amarante, all of whom worked with him on his previous album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon.

The composition "Maria Lionza" is an "evocation to the goddess."[11]

  1. ^ Bush, John. "Review: What Will We Be". Allmusic. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  2. ^ Bevan, David. (October 27, 2009) The A.V. Club review. Avclub.com.
  3. ^ Heller, Josh. (November 12, 2009) Drowned In Sound review Archived November 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Drownedinsound.com.
  4. ^ Los Angeles Times review. Latimesblogs.latimes.com (October 26, 2009).
  5. ^ PopMatters review. Popmatters.com.
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review. Pitchfork.com (October 30, 2009).
  7. ^ Fricke, David. "What Will We Be: Devendra Banhart: Review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  8. ^ Wood, Mikael. (October 10, 2009) Spin review. Spin.com.
  9. ^ Uncut review. Uncut.co.uk.
  10. ^ Devendra Banhart's "What Will We Be" Album Info. Stereogum.com (July 31, 2009).
  11. ^ O'Donnell, Kevin (November 2, 2009). "Devendra Banhart on Natalie Portman, Hugo Chavez, and Why He's Not on Twitter". Vulture. Retrieved May 26, 2020.