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- Summary: Brit school attendee Archy Marshall releases his debut five-track EP under the pseudonym, King Krule. He was previously known as the Zoo Kid.
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- Record Label: True Panther Sounds
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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Nov 21, 2011The record also feels like an important moment in time marked on a door frame--it's an intriguing peek into the restless, youthful development of King Krule.
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Nov 22, 2011The five-song King Krule EP locates a tantalizing Venn-diagram intersection of dub and jazz that still somehow manages to recall Billy Bragg and the bleak, baroque pop of Bill Fay.
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Nov 21, 2011There's no filler, no fat to be trimmed, simply four solid pop songs and a brief instrumental introduction tied together in a neat fashion.
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Nov 21, 2011We have an airy, understated collage that acts more as a stopgap teaser to keep the spotlight on the young lad from London, before something more cohesive and fully-realized can be recorded.
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Nov 21, 2011He's made a few patient, deliberate expansions of his sonic world and rewarded fans for their interest by letting them flip through his sketchbook.
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Dec 15, 2011He's built a singular world where nothing is in focus.
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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Jun 2, 2013
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May 28, 2012
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Jun 3, 2013
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Dec 14, 2015Really interesting album with nice slow guitar melodies and really painful lyrics delivered with the slows submissive tones of Krule's powerful voice.
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