  We introduce a multifield dark energy model with a nonflat field-space
metric, in which one field is dynamical while the others have constant spatial
gradients. The model is predictive at the background level, leading to an early
dark energy component at high redshifts and a suppressed fraction of late-time
anisotropy. Both features have simple expressions in terms of the curvature
scale of the field-space, and correspond to stable points in the phase space of
possible solutions. Because of the coupling between time and space-dependent
scalar fields, vector field perturbations develop tachyonic instabilities at
scales below the Hubble radius, thus being potentially observable in the number
count of galaxies. Overall, the presence of a nontrivial field-space curvature
also leads to the appearance of instabilities on scalar perturbations, which
can impact the matter density distribution at large scales.
