{"id":2446236,"date":"2019-07-11T13:31:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T19:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=857975"},"modified":"2019-07-11T13:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T19:31:31","slug":"devendra-banhart-unveils-dreamy-ode-to-venezuela-in-abre-las-manos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/devendra-banhart-unveils-dreamy-ode-to-venezuela-in-abre-las-manos\/","title":{"rendered":"Devendra Banhart Unveils Dreamy Ode to Venezuela in \u2018Abre Las Manos\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Devendra Banhart<\/a> released a breezy, upbeat song called \u201cAbre Las Manos.\u201d The track is the second single off Banhart\u2019s upcoming album Ma, out September 13th via Nonesuch Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbre Las Manos,\u201d which translates to \u201copen your hands\u201d in English, was inspired by the musician\u2019s homeland of Venezuela. The video features a slideshow of vivid, scenic photographs taken of the capital Caracas and El Avila National Park. \u201cCierra tus ojos y mira tu alma\/Una hojita en el \u00e1rbol de amor,\u201d he sings (\u201cLook at your eyes and look at your soul\/A little leaf in the love tree.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother is in Venezuela, my cousins, my aunts and uncles,\u201d Banhart said in a statement. \u201cThey are just holding their breath, in gridlock standstill. Maybe there is more Spanish writing on Ma<\/em> because of the helplessness I\u2019m feeling, it\u2019s on my mind more than ever. I was thinking about the sorrow of having to put a child up for adoption, loving that child but not being with them, for whatever reason. That child is out in the world and you have to love them from afar. And that is exactly how I have felt observing the situation in Venezuela. There\u2019s this helplessness, this place that has been a mother to you, that you\u2019re a mother to as well, and it\u2019s suffering so much. There is nothing you can do but send out love and remain in that sorrowful state.\u201d<\/p>\n