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

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).

checked the new album out today, like the atmosphere a lot, even though the music doesn't have the immediacy or stylistic diversity of the ooz. it's a bit low-key--it'll probably take a while for the whole thing to sink in.

my fav so far is the beautiful and atonal 'theme from the cross.'

good isolation music d(-_-)b

i was thinking the opposite today

i dunno i like creeping on myself. the new one has a lot of really pretty moments

I think this is the first King Krule album that works all the way through for me.

i was initially not very enamoured with it, but at this point, i'd say it's tied with 6 feet beneath the moon as my favorite thing he's ever done.

was supposed to see him in la earlier this month. oh well.

not much else to say about the new one, other than its' simultaneous streamlining and synthesizing of his jazz and new wave influences is more impressive than ever.

Keeps getting better and better. Art punk jazz trip hop.

'comet face' music video is being kept on unlisted right now, but is still available to view:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpYo0xptb0

definitely has an 'early mtv' vibe to it. maybe my favorite song off man alive! f`kin rad.

welp, that didn't stay up very long!

anyway, have a wholesome king krule meme:
https://i.redd.it/s7htgddmh1f51.jpg

archy posted a formal announcement for the "comet face" video on his instagram stories this morning. i guess it's going officially live on the eleventh. weird that they had it available to view temporarily.

and here `tis. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze6BqAtlqTg

cool video! weird blend of victorian and suburban mystery and intensity

https://kingkrule.bandcamp.com/

a cover of 'imagine' he just posted. it's very ooz-y. meh.

have i never posted archy's metronomy remix in here? it's one of my favorite things he's ever done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-FwVcdqCx4

cool john baldessari (i think?) cover art

archy confirmed on instagram a few days ago that they will be releasing a live album. he said it's been mastered and now they just need to get the logistics ball rolling for release. no other info yet.

i'm very excited by this news.

and away we go!

New live album getting love on Drake’s IG story lol

album is really good —if you already know you like the band. i am amused in a silly way by the arrangements on some of the songs and disappointed in the lack of material from the first album, but also completely satisfied —even as fan who has been wanting an _official_ live recording since a nice place 2 drown. i love it, but it won't win any new fans.

also why is "little wild" cut off, that's annoying.

a nice place 2 drown????

jfc, i just got back from listening to it while walking. guess the adrenaline's still working.

they played primavera sound spain a week back and there was a debut of some new material. only audience recordings around so far (songs sound okay-ish?). if he's following a similar rollout to the ooz, there should be a new studio record coming before the year is out.

they were supposed to play vilnius 8 festival, cancelled last minute "for personal reasons", but made it to primavera portugal last night so idk what's going on. still scheduled to play primavera los angeles in september. be interested to see what happens.

here's one of the new songs: "peripheral" (fyi: reddit link)

it's full bore no wave skronk.

no updates, tho the boys are set to play primavera los angeles in a few days. gonna be fun to see what they get up to.

really just wanted to post "octopus" because it is his best song and it's a goddamn shame that it's been relegated to oop b-side purgatory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmcaD9t61XE

"octopus" (2012)

archy played as the "special guest" of his brother's band at a small london venue last night and the clips are just him singing/playing guitar and galgo (his saxman) accompanying under a blue light. everything sounds incredible.

here's a new song from the other night:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqd2h8ZzLs

no title announced. folks over on r/kingkrule have named it "our vacuum."

between this and other new material that's been popping up in the festival sets, i'm hoping for a new album very soon.

from archy's ig

https://i.redd.it/3k1q0p69qq5a1.jpg

no idea what the studio versions of the new material will sound like. really excited whatever the case, but i'm lowkey hoping he goes a bit back to that more hiphop sound from the first album. i've been revisiting this from his "archy marshall" album a new place 2 drown and it's an absolute bop. he can write effortless pop hooks when he wants to. and those are some nicely bubblin keys you got there, friend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTHtg0QpQXo

"ammi ammi" feat. jamie isaac (2015)

don't know how or why, but the full soundtrack to the hey world! short film has showed up on spotify as one long track. basically man alive! demos. cool.😎

hipster shit

and i love it.

new project with Pretty V + Jadasea called Aqrxvst:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8hS7FB2G8

yeah, listened to that the other day and thought it was very meh. ymmv.

yeah it sucks

i like when archy does that really druggy lofi strummy thing, but none of his mates can do it at all. oh well.

i noticed that someone nommed a nilüfer yanya track in the 22 poll -and i don't want to be a negative guy in this thread- so that reminded that archy did a remix for yanya's track "midnight sun" a couple months back. it's really ethereal and nice-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgT_arLf1aI

not life changing, but a cool remix.

i never posted "ps.......x" in here??!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5ms8LF45A

ooz era outtake.

(and one of his best)

been hesitant to say anything about the forthcoming material. i think i may have spoiled myself on live clips. couple of studio recordings are out by now:

"seaforth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfrbeCFQ65w

"if only it was warmth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QTrYZsSmkg

idk. maybe wrong headspace to process this sort of thing. it certainly sounds like him, but it has that dreaded "new parenthood" vibe to it. just never been a fan. i like the vintage r.e.m. style jangle on "seaforth" even if it does feel like king krule lite -- but he's become too self-aware: "we sit and watch and watch the planet dyin up above. we sit and smile without concern" <-well maybe i should fuck off and leave ya'll alone then? "if only was warmth" seems to find archy scolding himself for not being more like the narrator in "seaforth": "i'm running out of space for your mistakes. i'm so disappointed in you." sigh. hopefully the album has a more fleshed out story arch. in any case, at least he's not strayed too far from the lounge punk chords and dreamy beats.

the album is called space heavy and is out 9 june. i'm optimistic, but with reservations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKBiBCK2UKc

he released a bunch of one-sided flexi discs on the quick tour earlier this year. that's all of them. definitely in that 2am factory benelux kind of vibe. overall not bad + i really like "achtung!" presumably outtakes from the space heavy sessions.