• Original 2004 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands CD, Young God Records / XL Recordings — jewel case front showing cream-toned illustrated cover with hand-drawn figures including a winged bear, owl, rabbit, and orb amid decorative foliage, all in brown ink on aged paper ground
  • Reverse of 2004 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands CD — cream back cover with hand-lettered track listing in cursive script, central oval illustration of a coiled figure with inset text, XL catalogue number XLCD180 and barcode at foot
  • nterior fold-out booklet of 2004 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands — three-panel spread with dense hand-lettered lyrics and credits in cursive script, decorative oval borders top and bottom
  • Interior fold-out booklet of 2004 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands — four-panel strip with hand-drawn figures in ink and watercolour including a creature with speech bubble, octopus-like form, blue-eyed figure holding an orb, and the winged bear from the cover
  • Open jewel case of 2004 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands — left tray with inner booklet panel showing two fish in a rope oval; right tray holding the printed disc with scattered hand-drawn comma-like figures on cream ground
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Young God Records / XL Recordings

Devendra Banhart — Rejoicing in the Hands

Devendra Banhart — Rejoicing in the Hands

Publisher
Young God Records / XL Recordings
Place & year
2004
Type
CD
Format
CD album, standard jewel case with printed disc and fold-out illustrated lyric booklet
Condition
Good vintage condition: light handling and storage wear consistent with age; complete with original artwork and disc.
Register
TNR-2026-0225 · 16 June 2026
£35
£35
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Registered 16 June 2026
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Released in May 2004, Rejoicing in the Hands marked Devendra Banhart's breakthrough and is widely regarded as one of the defining recordings of the so-called “freak folk” movement. Produced by Banhart and Michael Gira of Swans and Young God Records, the album helped establish a loose international network of musicians including Joanna Newsom, Vetiver, Vashti Bunyan, and CocoRosie. Later included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

What distinguishes this edition is the artwork. Banhart, who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, treated album packaging as an extension of his drawing practice. The booklet functions somewhere between lyric sheet, artist publication, outsider drawing, illuminated manuscript, and private notebook.

The music can be streamed almost anywhere; the printed matter cannot. What survives is a portable structure carrying drawings, typography, lyrics, and traces of an artistic identity before it became fixed by history. Not merely a CD release but a retained piece of cultural infrastructure: music container, artist publication, and distribution object occupying the same space.

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