'Comet Face' immediately launches you into alien territory with its grim guitars and tip-toeing bass, and 'The Dream' oozes mellow, murmuring surrealness that seems like a prelude to falling asleep. 'Supermarché' is as strange and unsettling as it is atonal and amorphous, while 'Stoned Again' wonderfully employs dissonant saxophone and a rumbling bassline as the backdrop to Marshall's half-rapped, half-wailed poetry. This despondent mood sets the tone for the songs that follow - Marshall uses his raspy vocal register and anguished growls to great effect, as he drapes his oblique jazz chords over moody basslines so deep they almost sound philosophical, while waxing poetic on the state of the modern world, and consequently, the state of affairs in his troubled mind. 'Cellular', the opener to 'Man Alive!' blends a lumbering bassline, gurgling synths, mobile phone beeps, and sequenced beats to form a backdrop for King Krule's laments on the loss of connection in modern world - "Below the ground floor / I'm losing signal, we've lost connection / I left her dying, she was still crying / And now she's lying in my head." If that imagery conjures up visions of a tortured soul who exorcises his demons by the medium of modern jazz fusion, then you're starting to get a pretty good handle on the inimitable King Krule. Definitely no one else was making songs that sounded like Tom Waits and Elvis Costello had spawned a lovechild, then abandoned that boy in a smoke-filled jazz club, leaving him to fend for himself by washing dishes and singing for his supper every night. Kicking off his music career as Zoo Boy when he was barely 16 years old, before choosing his current stage name, King Krule (an ode to Elvis Presley's 'King Creole' film), Marshall's gritty baritone voice and penchant for arty post-punk blended with brooding jazz made him sound like no other young artiste on the market. King Krule performs at Terminal 5 on Januin New York City (Getty Images) His unique sound blends elements of punk jazz, darkwave, dub, and hip-hop to make for an eclectic concoction that is as trippy and beguiling as it is dark and mysterious. Never a great student, and constantly finding himself in disciplinary trouble at school, the lanky young Marshall's immense musical talent might have been the one thing that eventually saved him. King Krule is not due to play near your location currently - but they are scheduled to play 1 concert across 1 country in 2023-2024. The official singles of “Man Alive!” are “Don’t Let The Dragon) Draag On”, “Alone, Omen 3” and “Cellular.King Krule is the brainchild of the 25-year-old British singer-songwriter, Archy Marshall, who dons many monikers and dives in and out of multiple musical genres with consummate ease. King Krule tour dates and tickets 2023-2024 near you Want to see King Krule in concert Find information on all of King Krule’s upcoming concerts, tour dates and ticket information for 2023-2024. Sonically, “Man Alive!” references new wave music, 80s music and 90s hip hop. On the other hand, King Krule conveys his need to change and start a new life, a desire that emerged after the birth of his first daughter Marina and his relocation to North West. It is the richest and most immersive album the London singer-songwriter has made yet. On the one hand, songs like “Stoned Again”, “Comet Face” and “(Don’t Let The Dragon) Draag On” capture the last reckless chapter of Archy’s life in South London. The producer born Archy Marshall crafted The OOZ to be alien and timeless. However, Archy often uses suggestive metaphors like luxury cars on “Stoned Again” and vile hearsay on Brexit on “Supermarché.” Written after the end “The Ooz” tour, “Man Alive!” aims to be a freeing commentary on current times, without being polemical or political. The critically acclaimed “The Ooz” was nominated at the Mercury Prize 2018. King Krule is the stage name of Archy Ivan Marshall, the talented 25-year-old songwriter, rapper and producer that released the albums “6 Feet Beneath the Moon” (2013), “A New Place 2 Drown” (2016) under the alias Archy Marshall, “The Ooz” (2017) and “Man Alive!” (2020). For further information, please READ HERE Due to the Covid-19 health emergency, the King Krule concert originally scheduled on Jat Fabrique in Milan and then rescheduled for Jat the same venue has been cancelled.
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