It’s that time of year where the clocks go back, it’s dark before you’ve had a chance to leave the house and do anything with your day, and you find yourself furiously fighting for a Glasto ticket while the John Lewis Christmas advert plays in the background… It’s just one nail after another hammering into Summer’s coffin.
Archy Marshall aka King Krule has always had an uncanny knack for being able to condense an intense atmosphere or feeling into mp3 format, and unsurprisingly B-side ‘Octopus’ from new EP Rock Bottom is no exception.
It’s sort of like he’s the musical Doc Brown, with the ability to take you on some sort of time travelling journey as soon as you press play; opening with a hazy tropical melody that washes over your ears before it’s layered with the melancholic sighs that could cut through a cloud of dust particles like a knife of sunlight; Archy croons his throaty croons. The more you listen, the more it seems to become a oxymoron. It’s a Christmas carol on the beach, leaden with desolate summer blues. The steady upbeat drumming kicks in, waking you from the daydream that you’ve been lulled into. There’s something tangible for the other watery elements to cling to, giving it the familiar King Krule seal of uniqueness, making it impossible to replicate.
He may be taking his time to work towards an album after a good couple of years of anticipation and being on the radar of “ones to watch” but continues to silence these complaints with proof that good things come to those who wait.
The Rock Bottom EP was released in September on Rinse.
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By Bella Roach
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