MIA - Kala (Black Vinyl) Folk Music It was nice to be

It was nice to be with people

and yearning vocals of the title track “Belaya Polosa”—which suggests Depeche Mode at their most reflective or The Cure at their most downtrodden—to the sultry and seductive “Chernye Cvety

the songs are seductive and full of blurred strings

the fifth full-length album by Pharmakon on Sacred Bones Records

'" says Shumway

MIA - Kala (Black Vinyl) Folk Music It was nice to beFor an album that proudly flaunted tin can production, indecipherable South London slang, and lyrical nods to suicide bombers, it brought the woman who records under the name M. I. A. unexpected mainstream successshe followed its release by touring North America with Gwen Stefani and recording with Missy Elliott and Timbaland, while the single "Galang" made its way into a car commercial. Kala (the first release was named after her freedom fighting