https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzlbh4or3c
― nostormo, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 22:53 (seven years ago) link
ZOO KID
― the spectacular cow (Lamp), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 22:56 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
FP'd London for this
― beans on toast and ghosts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 09:08 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
http://cdn.mm-health.com/bookimages/14/4720.1.png
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:42 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
these lyrics are hilarious
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:15 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
Took me a while but now I love this. Hipster shot
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:11 (seven years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2013/09/23/130923crmu_music_frerejones
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:27 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
I would call the Krule record interesting.
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:30 (seven years ago) link
The way his voice is mixed on the record makes me think of Ghostpoet
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:31 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
I think of king tuff which I LOVE
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Do they still make movies like that?
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:40 (seven years ago) link
lol @ sfj disagreeing w/ thread title's premise
His sound isn’t hip or trendy.
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:44 (seven years ago) link
love it
― the late great, Friday, 20 September 2013 16:33 (seven years ago) link
he sounds like a depressed tom vek
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 20 September 2013 16:50 (seven years ago) link
i was thinking more like a drugged billy bragg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 16:57 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
hipsters reside in the U.S. iirc
― rip van wanko, Friday, 20 September 2013 17:50 (seven years ago) link
Isn't hipster music defined by it's hipster fans and necessary the music itself?
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 19:28 (seven years ago) link
Not necessary
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 19:29 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
funny voices too
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 20:01 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
very autumnal
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 20 September 2013 20:59 (seven years ago) link
So where's this kid from, Lewisham?
― Chantal Anchorman (admrl), Friday, 20 September 2013 21:32 (seven years ago) link
From the zoo
― nostormo, Friday, 20 September 2013 21:51 (seven years ago) link
he should just go by ARCHY MARSHALL it's a pretty dope name
― the late great, Thursday, 26 September 2013 05:45 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
thank god for chav parents letting their kids smoke at age 13
― ogmor, Thursday, 26 September 2013 14:23 (seven years ago) link
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
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a terrible jim ruiz
― jaymc, Sunday, 15 December 2013 08:01 (seven years ago) link
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 (seven years ago) link
would love to hear the lex weigh in on this
Got tickets for Tuesday in SF!
― Austin, Sunday, 15 December 2013 14:10 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Q6Iu8sTkY
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 18 July 2014 15:37 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
New song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYfRRl7z5zE
― austinato (Austin), Tuesday, 13 October 2015 19:29 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
I always thought he was ripping the Postcard bands, but hey.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 04:57 (five years ago) link
I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm probably his biggest fan on this board.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 7 November 2015 04:58 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
I don't like this music and am now exiting the thread
― it me, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:31 (three years ago) link
really? i think dirty beaches are pretty good, especially "badlands"
― the late great, Monday, 30 October 2017 23:34 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
"Vidual" is so Rain Dogs that it hurts, I love it
― voodoo chili, Monday, 27 November 2017 16:11 (three years ago) link
playing my town on 4/20, hope it doesn't sell out
― the late great, Monday, 29 January 2018 06:43 (three years ago) link
5/5
― the late great, Monday, 29 January 2018 06:57 (three years ago) link
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 (three years ago) link
http://oozdelalune.com/
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 9 March 2018 16:51 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
*kind of
this kid is brilliant
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:38 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 6 April 2019 19:06 (one year ago) link
That's excellent!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 6 April 2019 20:01 (one year ago) link
agree
― the late great, Saturday, 6 April 2019 21:40 (one year ago) link
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
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 18 April 2019 19:43 (one year ago) link
new record, MAN ALIVE! is out 21 february on xl.
tracklist:
CELLULARSUPERMARCHÉSTONED AGAINCOMET FACETHE DREAMPERFECTO MISERABLEALONE, OMEN 3SLINKYAIRPORT ANTENATAL AIRPLANE(DON’T LET THE DRAGON)DRAAG ONTHEME FOR THE CROSSUNDERCLASSENERGY FLEETSPLEASE COMPLETE THEE
p exciting.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 13 January 2020 22:49 (one year ago) link
!!!
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:10 (one year ago) link
there was also this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPNprgqR48
which includes alternate versions of (i'm assuming) some of the new songs.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:39 (one year ago) link
official announcement this morning. really looking forward to this one, obviously.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:52 (one year ago) link
the new song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6CmLBKYrh8
sounds a lot like the ooz.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 17:03 (one year ago) link
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).
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 17:11 (one year ago) link
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.'
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 February 2020 21:17 (one year ago) link
good isolation music d(-_-)b
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:05 (eleven months ago) link
i was thinking the opposite today
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:09 (eleven months ago) link
i dunno i like creeping on myself. the new one has a lot of really pretty moments
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:13 (eleven months ago) link
I think this is the first King Krule album that works all the way through for me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 21 April 2020 01:56 (ten months ago) link
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.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 28 April 2020 18:31 (ten months ago) link
Keeps getting better and better. Art punk jazz trip hop.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 01:33 (ten months ago) link
'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.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 19:00 (seven months ago) link
welp, that didn't stay up very long!
anyway, have a wholesome king krule meme:https://i.redd.it/s7htgddmh1f51.jpg
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 5 August 2020 01:14 (six months ago) link
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.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 9 August 2020 21:34 (six months ago) link
and here `tis. . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze6BqAtlqTg
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 16:29 (six months ago) link
cool video! weird blend of victorian and suburban mystery and intensity
― The GOAT Harold Land (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 16:37 (six months ago) link
https://kingkrule.bandcamp.com/
a cover of 'imagine' he just posted. it's very ooz-y. meh.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 23 January 2021 19:26 (one month ago) link
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
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:25 (one week ago) link
cool john baldessari (i think?) cover art
― treeship., Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:59 (one week ago) link