https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzlbh4or3c
― nostormo, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 22:53 (five years ago) Permalink
ZOO KID
― the spectacular cow (Lamp), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 22:56 (five years ago) Permalink
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?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 09:06 (five years ago) Permalink
FP'd London for this
― beans on toast and ghosts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 09:08 (five years ago) Permalink
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/18/210187927/first-listen-king-krule-6-feet-beneath-the-moon
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:42 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― nostormo, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:10 (five years ago) Permalink
Can't yet put my finger on what exactly it is but the guy definitely has got something
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:30 (five years ago) Permalink
http://cdn.mm-health.com/bookimages/14/4720.1.png
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:42 (five years ago) Permalink
This wouldn't be the worst thing a cynic could expect to win a Mercury but it's far too long and samey.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 18:54 (five years ago) Permalink
these lyrics are hilarious
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:15 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:23 (five years ago) Permalink
Took me a while but now I love this. Hipster shot
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:11 (five years ago) Permalink
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2013/09/23/130923crmu_music_frerejones
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:27 (five years ago) Permalink
When I look at him I feel, I've known people like that. But not when I hear his voice
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:29 (five years ago) Permalink
I would call the Krule record interesting.
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:30 (five years ago) Permalink
The way his voice is mixed on the record makes me think of Ghostpoet
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:31 (five years ago) Permalink
Whenever I see his name I think of
http://d2oz5j6ef5tbf6.cloudfront.net/movie/large/Krull.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:34 (five years ago) Permalink
I think of king tuff which I LOVE
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:39 (five years ago) Permalink
Do they still make movies like that?
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:40 (five years ago) Permalink
lol @ sfj disagreeing w/ thread title's premise
His sound isn’t hip or trendy.
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:44 (five years ago) Permalink
love it
― the late great, Friday, 20 September 2013 16:33 (five years ago) Permalink
he sounds like a depressed tom vek
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 September 2013 16:50 (five years ago) Permalink
i was thinking more like a drugged billy bragg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 16:57 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah I don't really see what's so hipster about him - his sound is totally uncool retro and not ironic or whatever
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 20 September 2013 17:20 (five years ago) Permalink
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.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 September 2013 17:41 (five years ago) Permalink
hipsters reside in the U.S. iirc
― rip van wanko, Friday, 20 September 2013 17:50 (five years ago) Permalink
Isn't hipster music defined by it's hipster fans and necessary the music itself?
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 19:28 (five years ago) Permalink
Not necessary
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 19:29 (five years ago) Permalink
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
― thot police (fadanuf4erybody), Friday, 20 September 2013 19:39 (five years ago) Permalink
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
― brio, Friday, 20 September 2013 19:50 (five years ago) Permalink
funny voices too
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 20:01 (five years ago) Permalink
this record is kind of addicting. been raining a lot lately and it fits my mood to just shuffle around with a hangover
― illegalblues, Friday, 20 September 2013 20:16 (five years ago) Permalink
very autumnal
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 20:59 (five years ago) Permalink
So where's this kid from, Lewisham?
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 21:32 (five years ago) Permalink
From the zoo
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 21:51 (five years ago) Permalink
he should just go by ARCHY MARSHALL it's a pretty dope name
― the late great, Thursday, 26 September 2013 05:45 (five years ago) Permalink
like a drugged Billy Bragg who has been listening to The Streets(Mike Skinner)
North American tour announced btw
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 September 2013 14:14 (five years ago) Permalink
thank god for chav parents letting their kids smoke at age 13
― ogmor, Thursday, 26 September 2013 14:23 (five years ago) Permalink
he sounds like a depressed tom vek― congratulations (n/a), Friday, September 20, 2013 11:50 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinki was thinking more like a drugged billy bragg― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, September 20, 2013 11:57 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, September 20, 2013 11:50 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, September 20, 2013 11:57 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a terrible jim ruiz
― jaymc, Sunday, 15 December 2013 08:01 (four years ago) Permalink
god i mean i was excited to hear like old-timey jazz chords and stuff but his voice ugh
― jaymc, Sunday, 15 December 2013 08:02 (four years ago) Permalink
would love to hear the lex weigh in on this
Got tickets for Tuesday in SF!
― Austin, Sunday, 15 December 2013 14:10 (four years ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Q6Iu8sTkY
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 18 July 2014 15:37 (four years ago) Permalink
The man (or the kid, that clip anyway) just oozes talent.
Easily my favorite music maker right now.
― austinato (Austin), Friday, 18 July 2014 20:46 (four years ago) Permalink
New song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfRRl7z5zE
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:29 (three years ago) Permalink
totally forgot about this dude...
new track is great
the unholy alliance of Sonic Youth and The Style Council?
― hackshaw, Saturday, 7 November 2015 04:49 (three years ago) Permalink
I always thought he was ripping the Postcard bands, but hey.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 04:57 (three years ago) Permalink
I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm probably his biggest fan on this board.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 04:58 (three years ago) Permalink
earlier on but the song above sounds like he's (sorta) figuring out a signature sound
here's hoping for the next album
― hackshaw, Saturday, 7 November 2015 05:00 (three years ago) Permalink
This is great
It sounds to me at times a lot like Slim Twig/US Girls
― fgti, Monday, 16 October 2017 03:26 (one year ago) Permalink
Trying to figure out what bugs me about this and i realized it's the latent Tom waits vibes
― pre millennial tension (uptown churl), Monday, 16 October 2017 15:12 (one year ago) Permalink
Kinda trying too hard
― nostormo, Monday, 16 October 2017 20:21 (one year ago) Permalink
I'm loving "Emergency Blimp" from this album, especially after the first chord change when I realize it's actually not 1979 by the Smashing Pumpkins.
― enochroot, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 13:25 (one year ago) Permalink
Tom Waits for sure. Or is it slow Amy Winehouse?
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:12 (one year ago) Permalink
this record is A+ and i don't fuck w/tom waits
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 06:02 (one year ago) Permalink
bag otm
― the late great, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 06:15 (one year ago) Permalink
y’all are trying too hard to hate
― the late great, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 06:19 (one year ago) Permalink
So this finally fucking got delivered today. No idea why it took so long.
For as much as I loved 6 Feet Beneath the Moon and heralded it as something truly new and unique, it only feels a lot less so after hearing the OOZ. Very much a straightforward approach to making music. Everything about the OOZ, on the other hand, feels really carefully considered, executed, and fully realized.
Also, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon very much had an introspectively depressive vibe to it, with an added undertone of anger. The OOZ, again in contrast, is no less inwardly down, but it's a lot more apathetic about its depression. 6 Feet Beneath the Moon's songs felt like they were all written under the influence of marijuana, but then performed and recorded after the high had worn off and the original intent was sharpened up quite a bit. The OOZ feels a lot more. . . I don't know, alcoholic? And a lot more blatant musical nods to jazz, obviously. It's much more of a smokey, aqueous vibe.
Too early to pick any highlights just yet, but, needless to say, this is easily my top pick for the year.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Thursday, 19 October 2017 03:11 (one year ago) Permalink
Third listen now and, I have to say, that last ten or twelve minutes of the album (basically the last three songs) are some of the darkest, dreariest, yet somehow rewarding and cathartic things he's done. It's definitely the most lucid the album gets; but even using the word "lucid" is an overstatement in regards to this record.
Pretty much sums up what I said previously, as far as the OOZ being all about the execution and presentation of the songs. Most obviously on 'La Lune', which is actually a very old song and dates from around the time of 6 Feet Beneath the Moon. Here's the original recording of it. Pretty easy to do a side by side between the two recordings for an obvious "before and after" comparison.
And, after taking it in more fully, I now would pretty much consider A New Place 2 Drown his actual second album. The lineage from 6 Feet Beneath the Moon and the OOZ becomes a lot less jarring —and just just makes a hell of a lot more sense— that way.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Thursday, 19 October 2017 04:29 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:33 (one year ago) Permalink
this album is a lot.
― gr8080, Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:42 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:48 (one year ago) Permalink
i've never seen king krule live. does he bring along his zombie garage band?
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:50 (one year ago) Permalink
everyone in the dum surfer video looks like they've been robotripping for 75 minutes, it's fantastic
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:51 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― the late great, Thursday, 26 October 2017 16:54 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― hackshaw, Thursday, 26 October 2017 20:23 (one year ago) Permalink
second listen even better than the first ... so dope
― the late great, Saturday, 28 October 2017 18:06 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― hackshaw, Saturday, 28 October 2017 18:12 (one year ago) Permalink
one of the best around rn
― hackshaw, Saturday, 28 October 2017 18:17 (one year ago) Permalink
I honestly don't remember what his other stuff sounded like, but this sounds like ... Tricky? I dunno, it's cool, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 October 2017 19:03 (one year ago) Permalink
Tricky meets later Specials?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 October 2017 19:04 (one year ago) Permalink
sounds like Dirty Beaches
― it me, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:05 (one year ago) Permalink
i've been thinking about the tricky comparison myself
― the late great, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:19 (one year ago) Permalink
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
― the late great, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:25 (one year ago) Permalink
I don't like this music and am now exiting the thread
― it me, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:31 (one year ago) Permalink
really? i think dirty beaches are pretty good, especially "badlands"
― the late great, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:34 (one year ago) Permalink
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
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 19:36 (one year ago) Permalink
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
― hackshaw, Tuesday, 31 October 2017 20:29 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Wednesday, 1 November 2017 00:56 (one year ago) Permalink
the archy marshall album was definitely a primer for this new stuff. all of that slithery down-tuned ambience
― hackshaw, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 21:26 (one year ago) Permalink
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
― hackshaw, Wednesday, 1 November 2017 21:38 (one year ago) Permalink
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.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 17 November 2017 03:22 (one year ago) Permalink
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
― voodoo chili, Monday, 27 November 2017 15:54 (one year ago) Permalink
"Vidual" is so Rain Dogs that it hurts, I love it
― voodoo chili, Monday, 27 November 2017 16:11 (one year ago) Permalink
playing my town on 4/20, hope it doesn't sell out
― the late great, Monday, 29 January 2018 06:43 (ten months ago) Permalink
5/5
― the late great, Monday, 29 January 2018 06:57 (ten months ago) Permalink
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.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 04:35 (nine months ago) Permalink
http://oozdelalune.com/
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:51 (nine months ago) Permalink
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).
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 March 2018 17:07 (nine months ago) Permalink
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!
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 9 March 2018 20:16 (nine months ago) Permalink
i’m gonna re-iterate pic.twitter.com/RgN1JeszB1— dj stolen valor (@wipeyadocsoff) January 5, 2018
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 March 2018 16:26 (nine months ago) Permalink
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
― piper at the gates of d'awwww (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 March 2018 16:40 (nine months ago) Permalink
*kind of
this kid is brilliant
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:38 (three months ago) Permalink
i'm late to the party bc i don't follow releases too closely. but the OOZ is a great album
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:40 (three months ago) Permalink
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').
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Saturday, 25 August 2018 20:48 (three months ago) Permalink
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.
― outside, you're never alone. (Austin), Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:00 (three months ago) Permalink
is there a good solo performance you can link to? for some reason i'm having trouble finding anything, at least on youtube
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:03 (three months ago) Permalink