Neo soul gangster outfit, Hiatus Kaiyote

Inspired by indie queen Björk and legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, Australian quartet Hiatus Kaiyote's Nai Palm talks about her group's musicSome critics describe their music as neo soul, some critics talk about their brilliant synthesis of jazz and R&B but the group itself describes their style as a "multi-dimensional, polyrhythmic gangster outfit" and they confess that they have no idea where the direction of their music might go. 

Australian quartet Hiatus Kaiyote just scored a Grammy nomination for best R&B performance for their song, "Breathing Underwater" for the 58th Grammy awards that will be presented on Feb. 15.

The band previously scored another best R&B performance Grammy nomination in 2013 for the song "Nakamarra" and they performed at Salon IKSV in Istanbul last autumn. After a little break, the band and their amazing vocalist, Nai Palm, are on the road again for live performances starting with a Los Angeles gig. 

Delivering their original style worldwide with their latest album "Choose your Weapon," Melbourne's quartet Hiatus Kaiyote keeps on recording new materials with Nai Palm on vocals and guitar, Paul Bender on bass, Simon Mavin on keyboards/ synths and Perrin Moss on drums. The singer Palm believes that listeners can go through a slew of emotions while listening to their music. 

You describe your band as multidimensional, polyrhythmic gangster music; so can we expect any kind of dramatic shift in your style in any time?

We all listen to lots of different music while we are on the road and while we are at home, I think we are all ready to head home and listen to and work on new stuff individually so we can bring new things to the band but we have no idea where the...