King Krule - i love this hipster shit

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).

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.