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 (six years ago) link
*kind of
this kid is brilliant
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:38 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (four years ago) link
That's excellent!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 6 April 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
agree
― the late great, Saturday, 6 April 2019 21:40 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years ago) link
!!!
― culture of mayordom (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:10 (four years 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 (four years ago) link
official announcement this morning. really looking forward to this one, obviously.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 16:52 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years ago) link
good isolation music d(-_-)b
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:05 (four years ago) link
i was thinking the opposite today
― sean gramophone, Saturday, 21 March 2020 23:09 (four years 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 (four years 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 (three years 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 (three years ago) link
Keeps getting better and better. Art punk jazz trip hop.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 01:33 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years ago) link
and here `tis. . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze6BqAtlqTg
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 16:29 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years ago) link
cool john baldessari (i think?) cover art
― treeship., Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
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.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 29 March 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
and away we go!
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Wednesday, 25 August 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
New live album getting love on Drake’s IG story lol
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 10 September 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
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.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 11 September 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link
also why is "little wild" cut off, that's annoying.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 11 September 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
a nice place 2 drown????
jfc, i just got back from listening to it while walking. guess the adrenaline's still working.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Saturday, 11 September 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
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.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Saturday, 11 June 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
here's one of the new songs: "peripheral" (fyi: reddit link)
it's full bore no wave skronk.
― I'm ANTIFA and I vote. (Austin), Sunday, 12 June 2022 04:13 (one year ago) link
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)
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, 7 September 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link
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.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Thursday, 6 October 2022 05:32 (one year ago) link
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.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Saturday, 8 October 2022 02:03 (one year ago) link
from archy's ig
https://i.redd.it/3k1q0p69qq5a1.jpg
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
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)
― Oh, Stevie, you are my number one gypsy goddess. (Austin), Friday, 16 December 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
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.😎
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 2 January 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
hipster shit
― CerebralCaustic, Monday, 2 January 2023 23:48 (one year ago) link
and i love it.
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
new project with Pretty V + Jadasea called Aqrxvst:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt8hS7FB2G8
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 5 January 2023 04:06 (one year ago) link
yeah, listened to that the other day and thought it was very meh. ymmv.
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Thursday, 5 January 2023 04:40 (one year ago) link