King Krule (Archy Marshall)

[Mafiosa 1,089]

 

From Wikipedia:

 

Archy Marshall (born 24 August 1994), more commonly known by his stage name King Krule, is an English singer-songwriter, producer and musician. After a hectic and troubled childhood, he began recording music in 2010 under the moniker "Zoo Kid". The following year he adopted the name "King Krule". He has released several EPs, and his debut full-length album, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, came out in 2013 to positive reviews. His music is difficult to classify, with elements of various genres like punk jazz, hip hop, darkwave, and trip hop.

 

Many reviewers and journalists have noted King Krule's unusual transcendence and appropriation of disparate genres. His music has been described mainly with jazz derivatives such as punk jazz and jazz fusion, but also as darkwave, post-punk, and hip hop. Writers have also noted elements of trip hop, jazz rap, and dub in individual songs of his. Jason Lymangrover of Allmusic states that his songs are mainly in the form of ballads with major seventh chords, but by contrast there is also a "grittiness" to Archy's voice and persona, portraying him as "the type of kid who would be quick to throw a punch without asking questions."

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvP7sZWvyrg

 

His newest album LP, "A New Place 2 Drown" (2015) has a lot of hip hop influence and it's truly so so good.

 

[LanaTrailer 3,368]

He's one of my favs. His voice is unique and the way he plays the guitar is hypnotizing.

[stillwatchingTV 364]

I love his song "Baby Blue" it's so pretty

 

Edit: oh and his song with Mount Kimbie "You Took Your Time" such a cool song!

He has such a distinct voice. I'll really have to check out his other songs

[FKAbrandon 389]

My favourite artist of all time. Love him

[FKAbrandon 389]

Foreign 2 is everything. Invokes sooooooooo many feels

[st tropez 386]

border line though    his voice kinda bothers me 

[Mafiosa 1,089]

living for these closet archy stans

 

i've been listening to it a LOT & i personally think "a new place to drown" is such a unique album, incorporating so much hip hop into an album that is alternative in its roots

[Lauren Bacall 768]

archy has been one of my faves for so long !!!!!! so happy that theres a thread on here for him

[KingOfConeyIsland 61]

Forever obsessed with Baby Blue and Neptune State

[st tropez 386]

um, not gonna lie, i got 6 feet beneath the moon on vinyl for christmas and now i'm obsessed. i ADORE out getting ribs and has this it? 

[LanaTrailer 3,368]

Under Construction

 

Londoner Archy Marshall (born 24 August 1994) has been tinkering with music equipment and creating his own sound since he was just a kid.

Even though he mixes and records his songs on just his own laptop and was making music just for fun, he quickly earned an online following. In 2011 he released an EP under his new stage name, King Krule (formerly Zoo Kid) and his unique sound has caught the attention of the indie music scene.

 

With past stage names DJ JD Sports and Edgar the Beatmaker, he chose the name King Krule (which cames from the Elvis film ‘King Creole’) because it conjures an image of «aristocracy at the very bottom.»

 

 

Archy's Discography

 

Released as Zoo Kid

 

 

$QUALITY — Digital EP

2009 | Self-Release

 

 

1. $QUALITY

2. Easy Easy (Early Version?)

3. Stab Ur Bak

4. A&E

5. Jigsaw Falling Out Of Place

6. Broke

7. Before The Law

8. Duskin’

 

• Studio Versions remain Unreleased / Unleaked

 

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U.F.O.W.A.V.E — Digital LP

2010 | Self-Release

 

 

1. Out Getting Ribs

2. Ocean Bed

3. Baby Blue

4. A Lizard State

5. Has This Hit

6. The Wake

7. Greyscale

 

Uploaded to his BandCamp

 

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Out Getting Ribs — 7" Single

2010 | House Anxiety Records

 

 

A. Out Getting Ribs

B. Has This Hit

 

Performer, Written-By — Archy Marshall

Producer — Archy Marshall

 

 

 

 

Released as King Krule

 

 

 

King Krule — EP

Nov 7, 2011 | True Panther

 

 

1. 363N63

2. Bleak Bake

3. Portrait In Black And Blue

4. Lead Existence

5. The Noose of Jah City

 

Producer — Archy Marshall

Producer, Mixed By — Rodaidh McDonald

Written-By, Performer — Archy Marshall

 

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Rock Bottom / Octopus — 7" Single

Oct 10, 2012 | House Anxiety Records

 

  

 

A. Rock Bottom

B. Octopus

 

Bass — James Wilson

Drums — George Bass

Guitar — Jack Towell

Producer, Engineer, Mixed By — Rodaidh McDonald

Written-By, Producer, Vocals, Guitar — Archy Marshall

 

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Easy Easy — Single

Jul 16, 2013 | XL Recordings

 

 

1. Easy Easy

 

Engineer — Andy Ramsay

Producer — Archy Marshall, Rodaidh McDonald

Written-By — Archy Marshall

 

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6 Feet Beneath The Moon — LP

Aug 24, 2013 | XL Recordings

 

 

1. Easy Easy

2. Border Line

3. Has This Hit?

4. Foreign 2

5. Ceiling

6. Baby Blue

7. Cementality

8. A Lizard State

9. Will I Come

10. Ocean Bed

11. Neptune Estate

12. The Krockadile

13. Out Getting Ribs

14. Bathed In Grey

15. Little Wild

 

• Bonus Track on the Japanese CD

 

Engineer — Andy Ramsay (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 8, 10 to 14), Desmond Lambert (tracks: 5)

Producer — Archy Marshall, Rodaidh McDonald

Written-By — Archy Marshall

 

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Czech One / Dumb Surfer — 7" Single

Sep 2, 2017 | XL Recordings

 

  

 

A. Dum Surfer

B. Czech One

 

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The OOZ — LP

Oct 13, 2017 | XL Recordings

 

 

1. Biscuit Town

2. The Locomotive

3. Dum Surfer

4. Slush Puppy

5. Bermondsey Bosom (Left)

6. Logos

7. Sublunary

8. Lonely Blue

9. Cadet Limbo

10. Emergency Blimp

11. Czech One

12. (A Slide In) New Drugs

13. Vidual

14. Bermondsey Bosom (Right)

15. Half Man Half Shark

16. The Cadet Leaps

17. The Ooz

18. Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver)

19. La Lune

 

Co-producer — Archy Marshall, Dilip Harris

Mixed By — Dilip Harris

Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards — Archy Marshall

Written-By – Archy Marshall (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 19), Archy Marshall and Kaya Wilkins (tracks: 4)

 

 

 

 

Released as Archy Marshall

 

 

 

A New Place 2 Drown — LP

Dec 10, 2015 | True Panther / XL Recordings

 

 

1. Any God of Yours

2. Swell

3. Arise Dear Brother

4. Ammi Ammi (ft. Jamie Isaac)

5. Buffed Sky

6. Sex With Nobody

7. Eyes Drift

8. The Sea Liner MK 1

9. Empty Vessels

10. New Builds

11. Dull Boys

12. Thames Water

 

Mixed By — Dilip Harris

Written-By, Performer, Producer — Archy Marshall

 

 

 

 

Released as Edgar The Beatmaker

 

 

DESERT — Digital Single

Jan 4, 2013 | Self-Release

 

 

1. DESERT

 

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Ode To Dunstan — Digital EP

Jan 13, 2013 | Self-Release

 

 

1. 7am Smoked Salmon

1. Dr Suesskips (ft. Lank Slax & Rago Foot)

3. 4:44

4. Yam & Weave

 

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Baby London — Digital EP

Mar 16, 2013 | Self-Release

 

 

1. Lover Don't Wear Me

2. The Heron The Crane The Stalk

3. Two Lonely People

 

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Darkest Shades Of Blue — Digital EP

Apr 16, 2013 | Self-Release

 

 

2003 (with Jada Sea)

Deezle (with Jesse James & Rago Foot)

Feotus

Put It On My sSoul (with Jada Sea & MC Pinty)

MVC Bus Ridim Kila (with MVC)

Crazybass Interval

Darkest Shades Of Blue (with Jada See The Blue)

 

 

 

 

Released as DJ JD Sports

 

 

 

Out Getting Cribs

Jul 29, 2010

 

 

1. Out Getting Cribs

(Early Version of 'Out Getting Ribs')

 

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1883

Jan 27, 2011

 

 

1. 1883

(Early Version of 'Portrait In Black And Blue')

 

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SoundCloud Releases

 

444

2002

Babylons Blues

Bath 1

Being Of Life 101

Bob The Bob

Bow To S.E.

Freestyle 2012c

Greener Delphing

Indianaccordian Demo (ft. Black Mack)

Just Little

Kindom

Midnight Snack Remix (ft. Lofty 305, Jay Cee & Rago Foot)

Midnight Moods

Peace Of Piss

Pints Theme

S.K.I.T.S Remix

Smoked

Stan G

The Octopus

This Just Life Is Alright

Towelaw Demo

Upon The Break

Watching Over

Where Can You Be

Yuk (ft. Jamie Isaac & the Lank Slacks)

 

 

[daphnedinkley 13,481]

why does this thread get no action! we can't have so few KK stans on this forum, we simply can't 

 

anyways! i saw him live in manchester last night  it's the second time i've seen him, the first time was in 2017 when he toured The Ooz and that was an absolutely amazing experience. my boyfriend took me this time around which was super special bc back when we were like 16 we were king krule obsessives and every single time i listened to king krule i thought of him - when we lost contact for a few years i couldn't listen to king krule anymore bc it made me too sad  but now that we're all grown up (25 and 26 wtf!!! ) and finally together, being able to be at a king krule show with him was just craaaaazy and so magical and emotional.

 

i cried during Baby Blue! as i did the first time around LOL. archy sounded incredible, but my god i couldn't see a single thing LOL it was full of 6ft-whatever men!! just my luck!! but that's fine!! i mostly went for my boyfriend, since it was his first time seeing KK live. even though i couldn't see anything (and it was a venue without screens or whatever) he sounded incredible. i liked the setlist and it was quite balanced between the albums but i do think there were a few songs there notable in their absence; would've been nice to have had the full Baby Blue (he only did part of it), really hoped for Border Line since it's my boyfie's favourite song of all time, maybe something a little older and surprising like Little Wild (which i got to experience when i saw him the first time) or something like Portrait In Black and Blue or Has This Hit or Octopus or something?? but all in all, a really beautiful experience!! and what a talent he is!!

 

[bluedealer 4,935]

9 minutes ago, daphnedinkley said:

why does this thread get no action! we can't have so few KK stans on this forum, we simply can't 

 

anyways! i saw him live in manchester last night  it's the second time i've seen him, the first time was in 2017 when he toured The Ooz and that was an absolutely amazing experience. my boyfriend took me this time around which was super special bc back when we were like 16 we were king krule obsessives and every single time i listened to king krule i thought of him - when we lost contact for a few years i couldn't listen to king krule anymore bc it made me too sad  but now that we're all grown up (25 and 26 wtf!!! ) and finally together, being able to be at a king krule show with him was just craaaaazy and so magical and emotional.

 

i cried during Baby Blue! as i did the first time around LOL. archy sounded incredible, but my god i couldn't see a single thing LOL it was full of 6ft-whatever men!! just my luck!! but that's fine!! i mostly went for my boyfriend, since it was his first time seeing KK live. even though i couldn't see anything (and it was a venue without screens or whatever) he sounded incredible. i liked the setlist and it was quite balanced between the albums but i do think there were a few songs there notable in their absence; would've been nice to have had the full Baby Blue (he only did part of it), really hoped for Border Line since it's my boyfie's favourite song of all time, maybe something a little older and surprising like Little Wild (which i got to experience when i saw him the first time) or something like Portrait In Black and Blue or Has This Hit or Octopus or something?? but all in all, a really beautiful experience!! and what a talent he is!!

 

Fr I didn't even know there's a King Krule thread ☠️

Super happy for you!!! Glad you enjoyed the show! He was in my country this year but i couldn't go  

I love the new album, it feels really personal and it makes me cry too often  Incredible production and stroyline

Seagirl has Stargirl vibes for me I love it

 

[daphnedinkley 13,481]

6 minutes ago, bluedealer said:

Fr I didn't even know there's a King Krule thread ☠️

Super happy for you!!! Glad you enjoyed the show! He was in my country this year but i couldn't go  

I love the new album, it feels really personal and it makes me cry too often  Incredible production and stroyline

Seagirl has Stargirl vibes for me I love it

 

 

thank you honey bun!! i agree, the new album is just gorgeous and so personal  i really feel like there should be a bigger crossover between lana fans and KK fans! i dream of them collaborating constantly 

[bluedealer 4,935]

9 hours ago, daphnedinkley said:

 

thank you honey bun!! i agree, the new album is just gorgeous and so personal  i really feel like there should be a bigger crossover between lana fans and KK fans! i dream of them collaborating constantly 

I remember when Lana posted The Ooz's album cover on her @lanadelrey ig back in 2017   she definitely knows about him. It would be amazing if he was her next producer