Pray Yang For Yintegrity is a thematic album based on the understanding that the human world, on the whole, is dominated by the “immature masculine” and that unless this consciousness matures, no amount of technology, good ideas, or political change is going to work. First, men must mature emotionally and spiritually. How will men mature? They must be hungry to grow and also be supported in this process by mature women and mature men. And this call to mature is what every song on this album is about.
Pray Yang For Yintegrity is the best-produced Nagdeo album so far, with a rich diversity of lyrical themes and styles of music. Some songs are trance-like meditations, others upbeat sing-a-longs, others solid rock anthems, and it includes many tongue-in-cheek expressions of difficult truths in a humorous, yet sincere package. If you want inspiration in growing up as a man or inspiration in supporting men in growing up, this album is wonderful musical medicine.
Russell Ruderman – Guitarist for Terrapin Station and El Leo, Owner Island Natural Foods, Big Island Hawaii, former Hawaii State Senator –
Pray Yang for Yintegrity’ is Nagdeo’s third album, and is even better then the first two. The band and songwriter Ano are writing and producing songs of the highest quality. The musicianship is superb!
The musical arrangements and production are top notch. As always Ano’s songwriting offers humor mixed with serious messages, always insightful and often uplifting.
The contrasts in the music as it moves from sweet quiet passages to up-tempo danceable rhythms is well done and welcome to the listener.
My favorite is ‘Into the Heart’ with its simple strong message and singable uplifting choruses, contrasting with introspective parts.
I congratulate Ano and Nagdeo on a superb album and I encourage you to give it a listen!
Alan Conrad, Human, San Diego –
The most musically robust and well-composed of all of Nagdeo’s previous albums, Pray Yang For Yintegrity, is a love letter to the incoming Aquarian age. it is a stating of intention, and often literally an imploration, of what could be. It’s like an audible breathwork session; inviting a cathartic release of our dysfunctions, inhibitions, and hangups. All the songs are well crafted, complex, and intricate while remaining approachable and not overly complicated and avoids getting “muddy”. This album acts as a “call out” to men and women around the world to “step up” into our full autonomy, integrity, and personal power. Ano’s songwriting dances on that razor’s edge of having deep psycho-spiritual visionary lyrics without falling (too often) into didactic zealotry, quite the accomplishment on it’s own. Occasionally operatic and never not funky, this album is meant to inspire, not just dancing, but also to reimagine our base desires, our personal and collective goals. A new world is possible, and Nagdeo is trying to jam it into existence.
Neil Steven Cohen – Founder: Integrative Awakening. Author: The Voice of Heart –
Listening to Nagdeo, there is so much happening in each song. Very entertaining, never a dull moment! Of course, their sound and style is very unique. At the same time, I am also reminded of a blend between the genius of Frank Zappa and the grooves of the Grateful Dead. Creativity abounds in each song, with many interesting musical landscapes, and of course, their messages – so relevant for the times we are in.
Rion –
In my opinion, third time is a charm!
And Nagdeo struck gold with their 3rd album ‘Pray Yang for Yintegrity’. I used to go to church, but now I just listen to this album and my spirit gets fulfilled 🙂
Often I will play the album and lay down for a hour as the music takes me on journey across the globe with hints of Asian, Indian, African, Caribbean and Hawaiian rock music mixed into one. Honestly sometimes the music can make me feel like I am lucid dreaming 😉
Rock on Nagdeo!