Devendra Banhart is upbeat about his recent signing with Warner Bros.  "It was so odd to me that they were willing to sign me, since I'm not commercially viable. But Warner Bros. was very sincere and got behind my whole vision," he explained. After releasing a slew of recordings on independent labels, XL and Young God, Banhart's debut Warner Bros. release "What Will We Be" hits the stores. The shift from independent to major label was borne out of Banhart's frustration with rigid models of business that the independents had fostered. "You think an indie, yeah, they just let you do anything and you're in control, that's the heart of it, that's the point," says Banhart. "But I think with the birth of a new business model in the music industry, it's led the majors to actually be kind of humbled, so I was shocked they were treating me like the indies when I was meeting with them and the indies were talking to me like a major." Banhart, pigeon-holed as a purveyor of "freak-folk" and other unflattering adjectives hasn't changed his style on the new disc to suit the "suits" at Warner Bros. "I keep going to the office waiting for them to reveal their true nature and say something like, 'We remixed the record, and added vocals by Pink,' which would actually be really cool. So far, it hasn't happened yet though," he says. Banhart's Northern California hippie-vibe continues on "What Will We Be." In fact, Banhart recycles the players from his previous outing "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon," and both albums share the same breezy textures. Asked about his role as chief marketer for his new "product," Banhart shrugs off any concern. "Whether I'm on a major or an indie, I don't think this is important, but at the same time I do ... I thought that the minute I was on a major's roster, I got a key to everyone's house and we all had dinner once a week ... it kind of wasn't so true, and it was disappointing, but I still believe there's a connection to those people and you feel like a part of something."