"Carmensita"

Video: Devendra Banhart: "Carmensita"

Well, this is sorta unexpected. A full 10 months after Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon hit stores, Devendra Banhart releases the first proper video from the album, and it looks like it actually cost a few bucks and also stars his girlfriend, Natalie Portman. Like last year's clip for M.I.A.'s "Jimmy", the saturated aesthetic of Bollywood serves as the inspiration. 

[From Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon; out now on XL]

Posted by Mark Richardson on Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 9:00am