King Krule - i love this hipster shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzlbh4or3c

ZOO KID

lol remember this garbage

'Octopus' is pretty spectacular but a cursory browse of his stuff on itunes seem to indicate it is not very representative of his stuff - anyone?

FP'd London for this

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/18/210187927/first-listen-king-krule-6-feet-beneath-the-moon

i tend to agree with the guy who wrote on rateyourmsusic, that although the record is very good, it's over produced.
maybe trying a bit too hard, and somewhat pretentious as a result.

Can't yet put my finger on what exactly it is but the guy definitely has got something

http://cdn.mm-health.com/bookimages/14/4720.1.png

This wouldn't be the worst thing a cynic could expect to win a Mercury but it's far too long and samey.

these lyrics are hilarious

i am a fan of this felo, have not heard album yet. i see 'rock bottom' is not on it, which i think is my favourite to this point.

Took me a while but now I love this. Hipster shot

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2013/09/23/130923crmu_music_frerejones

When I look at him I feel, I've known people like that. But not when I hear his voice

I would call the Krule record interesting.

The way his voice is mixed on the record makes me think of Ghostpoet

Whenever I see his name I think of

http://d2oz5j6ef5tbf6.cloudfront.net/movie/large/Krull.jpg

I think of king tuff which I LOVE

Do they still make movies like that?

lol @ sfj disagreeing w/ thread title's premise

His sound isn’t hip or trendy.

love it

he sounds like a depressed tom vek

i was thinking more like a drugged billy bragg

Yeah I don't really see what's so hipster about him - his sound is totally uncool retro and not ironic or whatever

most "hip or trendy" music made today sounds like it was made entirely on a laptop in someone's room, this sounds like it was made on a laptop in someone's room but with some jazz guitar chords on top.

hipsters reside in the U.S. iirc

Isn't hipster music defined by it's hipster fans and necessary the music itself?

Not necessary

said something on twitter last night about how I can't unhear him as a brain-damaged Billy Bragg and god it's just all encompassing. I like this record though

not sure where Jones gets the "young British Tom Waits" thing from - I guess Tom Waits is short-hand for singer-songwriter who likes jazz but doesn't strictly speaking play it? seems like a stretch

funny voices too

this record is kind of addicting. been raining a lot lately and it fits my mood to just shuffle around with a hangover

very autumnal

So where's this kid from, Lewisham?

From the zoo

he should just go by ARCHY MARSHALL it's a pretty dope name

like a drugged Billy Bragg who has been listening to The Streets(Mike Skinner)

North American tour announced btw

thank god for chav parents letting their kids smoke at age 13

he sounds like a depressed tom vek

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, September 20, 2013 11:50 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was thinking more like a drugged billy bragg

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a terrible jim ruiz

god i mean i was excited to hear like old-timey jazz chords and stuff but his voice ugh

would love to hear the lex weigh in on this

Got tickets for Tuesday in SF!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Q6Iu8sTkY

The man (or the kid, that clip anyway) just oozes talent.

Easily my favorite music maker right now.

New song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfRRl7z5zE

totally forgot about this dude...

new track is great

the unholy alliance of Sonic Youth and The Style Council?

I always thought he was ripping the Postcard bands, but hey.

I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm probably his biggest fan on this board.

earlier on but the song above sounds like he's (sorta) figuring out a signature sound

here's hoping for the next album

So, like with everything he's done, the words have started to sink in and resonate on levels I can't even articulate.

This album is so bleak. Where 6 Feet Beneath the Moon had a kind of preoccupation with things coming to an end —whether it was a relationship, an experience, or even life itself— there was at least a grounding in the fact that his existence was still intact presently. On songs like 'The Krockadile' or even 'Out Getting Ribs', despite a very cynical worldview, there was ultimately a release of tension when this realization hit.

From 'Out Getting Ribs':
"I've been broken down / So much has lost it now / I just stop and say / Girl, don’t you worry 'bout a thing."

'The Krockadile':
"My urge to purge, so bold / I need the warmth of a brother to hold / I need the warmth of your mother to hold me down."

But, the OOZ is just. . . too distracted by the emotive destruction to even stop for a deep breath. It's like, if 6 Feet Beneath the Moon had a suicidal attitude, it ultimately found solace in the ability to continue, despite the damage that had occurred. The OOZ is nearly like speculation of what lies on the other side. Very appropriate in this respect that the band was made up to resemble zombies in the video clip for 'Dum Surfer' because that's essentially what this feels like: a laborious trudge through the sheer hopelessness of what we are all destined to encounter, but which none of us know what to expect from. As Archy continues to push the plough through his expectations of death, he seems to have no fear of it, despite his impression of it being nothing but a torturous solitude in which self-reflection is just one unending negative critique.

this album is a lot.

I mean, even just the opening lines of the album are so resonating for me:

"We made a pact, but now I think it's over. . . I think we might be bipolar. I think she thinks I'm bipolar."

And that's indicative of the whole album: it just has this sense to it of randomly blurting out these things that have gone horribly wrong. Where, in the past, he seemed to infer some sort of resolution or deescalation, the OOZ simply states the bad news and quickly moves on to the next (also presumably negative) subject, offering no silver lining, or even hinting at a respite in the downpour.

i've never seen king krule live. does he bring along his zombie garage band?

everyone in the dum surfer video looks like they've been robotripping for 75 minutes, it's fantastic

xp a lot ... of awesome

for real though, i haven't given it a second listen because i haven't been able to commit the time

also yes, it's dark. and i've kind of been needing musical pick-me-ups right now.

i love how bleak it is. but that there's still that kinda "wandering" element to it, getting lost in the city or in your head, feeling awful and lost and hurt and knowing it won't change but still going along. incredibly rich album.

second listen even better than the first ... so dope

also i will say, not only with the mesh of so many disparate sounds shot thru this big wide lens but thematically, the whole experience feels a little zeitgeist-y. been awhile since i've had that with an album... it's my personal soundtrack at the moment.

one of the best around rn

I honestly don't remember what his other stuff sounded like, but this sounds like ... Tricky? I dunno, it's cool, though.

Tricky meets later Specials?

sounds like Dirty Beaches

i've been thinking about the tricky comparison myself

i think the dirty beaches comparison is reductive ... there is a lot of sparse reverb-y music you could compare king krule to, but imo that doesn't really get at what makes "the ooz" special

I don't like this music and am now exiting the thread

really? i think dirty beaches are pretty good, especially "badlands"

i think this album suggest some kind of relationship between indie rock and underground hip-hop/uk garage influences. tricky comparison is accurate, as well as j dilla. dirty beaches too (though without a lot of the nostalgia pandering)

hey it's a really unique combo in my opinion

the beats/production are incredibly fucking good, the new wave and punk influences work in that context even if they shouldn't, there's a great emotional bent to the lyrics and the phrasing. all of it works and has me smitten. if this is only his second album just imagine where it could go from there

i think this album suggest some kind of relationship between indie rock and underground hip-hop/uk garage influences.

That was a lot more prominent on 6 Feet Beneath the Moon and his earlier stuff, if you ask me. The OOZ is much more unique.

the archy marshall album was definitely a primer for this new stuff. all of that slithery down-tuned ambience

i like that an album that has such a nihilistic, lethargic approach to life also has these two or three songs (vidual, emergency blimp, half man half shark etc) that are all shaked up and ready for anything.

guess it might be bi-polar

this is very good. one of those records that sort of pushes the listener away, but well worth the effort to work past that resistance. would be pretty easy to cut out some of the deliberate chaff and a weaker track or two to make this a tight, arresting album but that is v clearly not the point.

what's with the Always Sunny theme music at the end of "Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver)"?

anyway, this album has really grown on me--I needed to listen while driving at night for the idea to really click

"Vidual" is so Rain Dogs that it hurts, I love it

playing my town on 4/20, hope it doesn't sell out

5/5

whoops wrong thread

I said it upthread in my initial thoughts on the album when it was new, but I will reassert: the last fifteen or so minutes of the OOZ is just screamingly emotive and cathartic. Besides being some of the most gorgeous sounds he's yet created, it also hits me lyrically as possibly his most resonant work to date. I mean, it hits hard. I almost have a difficult time with it. It's fantastic music and brilliantly played. It's just like. . . too easy to relate to for me. To the point where it's uncomfortable. Like, I want to put on a record and escape from the dumb and troublesome shit in my brain, not hear it reflected back at me. All through my life as a music fan, I've never actually reached a point where I actively question whether or not I disliked music because of how heavily it resonates with me. Until now. I mean, I've digested plenty of "challenging" music, but nothing like this.

Obviously, best ever.

http://oozdelalune.com/

i enjoyed that, but i think it really underlines how subtly great his production is. the live performances actually stay pretty close to the recorded ones. but somehow the weight and the grief behind it all comes through much more clearly on the recording, and i'm not even sure why (i attribute it to the mystery bonus "production" quality, i guess).

I actually thought the performances of some of the songs ('Dum Surfer' and 'Deep Sea Diver' most notably) were way more raw and passionate than on the record.

After I saw him tour 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, I was pretty adamant that they needed to release a live album, but this just makes me even more certain that it needs to happen.

One issue I have with it though is all the "moon" and "lunar" references, but no performance of 'La Lune'! Teasing bastards!

i’m gonna re-iterate pic.twitter.com/RgN1JeszB1

— dj stolen valor (@wipeyadocsoff) January 5, 2018

people made fun of Tom Waits' voice too, it'll happen.

then again, Tom Waits kinda looks like he should have that kind a voice. archy...doesn't

*kind of

this kid is brilliant

i'm late to the party bc i don't follow releases too closely. but the OOZ is a great album

Honestly, I'm still waiting for that live album.

I think he could pull off one of those "in transition" live albums where he plays a good selection of live staples ('Rock Bottom', 'The Noose of Jah City', 'Easy Easy', 'Baby Blue', 'Out Getting Ribs', 'A Lizard State'), OOZ standouts ('Dum Surfer', 'La Lune', 'The Ooz', 'Half Man Half Shark'), a few deep cuts ('Has this Hit?', 'Little Wild', 'Octopus'), and a couple new songs as yet unrecorded (there was a song he played —as near as I can tell— once live back in 2014 that had the unofficial title 'Blood Stained Sheets').

Also, it's just occurred to me right now that the solo Archy takes on 'Dum Surfer' is incredibly good. I'm almost never a "solos" guy when it comes to rock guitar, but good god, that's a striking turn he takes. It's like Jerry Garcia meets Siouxsie and the Banshees / Glove-era Robert Smith.

is there a good solo performance you can link to? for some reason i'm having trouble finding anything, at least on youtube

Network was down all day at work yesterday. In an office that depends on network connectivity for computers and phones, that meant there was a lot of downtime.

I recreated the cover of the OOZ with highlighters.

https://i.imgur.com/s5P5Zu4.jpg

That's excellent!

agree

Thanks. The products of boredom are sometimes fruitful after all.

Here's Archy and friends on KCRW from right around the time the OOZ was brand new: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KFTOh10H9Uet6a6p0sj_GdhEPg7DE6QX

new record, MAN ALIVE! is out 21 february on xl.

tracklist:

CELLULAR
SUPERMARCHÉ
STONED AGAIN
COMET FACE
THE DREAM
PERFECTO MISERABLE
ALONE, OMEN 3
SLINKY
AIRPORT ANTENATAL AIRPLANE
(DON’T LET THE DRAGON)DRAAG ON
THEME FOR THE CROSS
UNDERCLASS
ENERGY FLEETS
PLEASE COMPLETE THEE

p exciting.

!!!

there was also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPNprgqR48

which includes alternate versions of (i'm assuming) some of the new songs.

official announcement this morning. really looking forward to this one, obviously.

the new song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6CmLBKYrh8

sounds a lot like the ooz.

couple things:

the song as it appears in the video feels like it's maybe not the whole thing proper.

it sounds like a slowed down finished version of the old song he played once live, 'blood stained sheets' (unofficial title).