KING

This, Corine Bailey Rae, and the Tweet album are touchstones of quiet acoustic R&B.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 7, 2016 5:27 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You heard the NAO album or the Ruby Amanfu album from last year?

I love the Nao album and rate it higher than KING, but it's not really quiet or acoustic?

Neither is the KING album really. There's barely an acoustic instrument on it.

the NAO album rarely feels organic or light in the way the KING album consistently does

that London gig last week was incredible. Aside from anything else I loved the holy trinity stage set-up (and how unfortunately rare that the backing keyboardist + singers combination is so common but the former being a black woman isn't)

Paris also did a lot of synthy flourishes that made me think good things could come of her and Lindstrøm going into a studio together

she did a pretty convincing turn as the best musician in the world tbh

People are sleeping on the Emily King album from last year for this kind of lush/laid-back R&B. That album is so gorgeous. I totally agree with the love for the Tweet and Corrine Bailey Rae albums. I just can't properly get into the NAO album and I've really tried. There's a couple of really great songs on there, but it just hasn't clicked the way I want it to. I can't really put my finger on why.

they were so good live, the harmonising was flawless and the performance of "Hey" they're doing was so stripped back and pure - it made me think to myself "this would make a lovely wedding song."

lmao someone at our show shouted out that "Hey" was actually their wedding song

that is too cute

More like GRAMMY NOMINATED KING

does this mean i have to start referring to them as Grammy Nominated Snarky Puppy

king's entire audience is grammy voters

Why is this album being panned by most EOY lists? I feel frustrated people are hyping lesser r&b/pop albums and this one is almost perfect. Granted, it's more of a compilation album but that has never stopped the hype before

Well, maybe not panned but largely ignored.

king's entire audience is grammy voters

ILM is full of Grammy voters?

Why is this album being panned by most EOY lists? I feel frustrated people are hyping lesser r&b/pop albums and this one is almost perfect. Granted, it's more of a compilation album but that has never stopped the hype before

― Moka, T

What do you mean "panned"? Did you mean ignored?

I'll correct this week.

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Xpost: yep corrected myself! Not panned, largely ignored.

this thread was just bumped for a grammy nomination, moka

king's entire audience is grammy voters

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, December 6, 2016 12:54 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have to come clean y'all....
i'm clive davis

i must also make a confession...i'm francis von grammy

(that is my body on each grammy statue)

(take, eat this in remembrance of me)

it was me, I nominated the grammys

some very weird ricocheting between "king are totally beloved by critics" and "king are totally ignored by critics" in the last few posts

KING are totally beloved by critics vs. KING are victims of critics always just voting for Radiohead in year-end polls

Seems critics like it but not enough to add it to their EOY lists. It's weird because it's not a guilty pleasure kind of album or generic comfort food r&b like that Frank Ocean one. Guess they didn't pass the cult of the cool 2016 test.

I listened to it a lot more in the first half of the year than the second half. Maybe it just kept moving down people's lists as newer things came out.

i must also make a confession...i'm francis von grammy

― 6 god none the richer (m bison)

tell us about heaven, francis

"hey" was pretty incredible live

― J0rdan S., Friday, February 5, 2016 11:44 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i love how it was reduced entirely to keyboards

― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, February 6, 2016 1:04 AM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it sounded so nice when the crowd caught the refrain

― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 6, 2016 1:13 AM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was the best moment i've had at a live show in a while

damn if that 15 second clip of 'the greatest' that just aired on the grammys didn't give me chills

Really cool to see them in the nominees.

Much of the [new Anna Wise](https://annathewise.bandcamp.com/album/the-feminine-act-ii) has a King feel to it.

Much of the new Anna Wise has a King feel to it.

holy crap this anna wise album is amazing. i kinda liked the feminine 1, but this is on another level

This is great, nice recommendation.

Yeah, this Anna Wise album is great. It reminds me of that last Mr Twin Sister album the way she mixes some of those darker electronics with the more laid-back R&B.

Still in my Top 3 of 2017 so far. Anna also co-wrote PRIDE. on DAMN. btw

I'm getting some distinct vaporwave vibes from this though this album is better than pretty much every vaporwave album I've ever heard

Great EOY choice y'all

omg die

lol

just kidding, it's more chillwave. like Com Truise

fp

I just dig the a e s t h e t i c

https://i.imgur.com/y8Ea8jBh.jpg

Probably would have passed me by without this forum...thanks!

https://devonrecordclub.com/2017/09/03/king-we-are-king-round-102-toms-selection/

especially since I'm about write a long piece on Angela Winbush.

Alfred casually outshining all other pretenders ITT.

― Tim F, Wednesday, February 10, 2016 7:38 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah that is my dream piece alfred, i would only trust u with it tbh

― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 10, 2016

come to MoPop in a couple weeks, gents!

still can't get over that incredible new song they played in their london set like two years ago. when are they going to release anything