King Krule is back to confirm himself as the anti-hitmaker

Since their debut ten years ago with “6 Feet Under the Moon”, the album that first revealed Archie Marshall’s incredible talent to the British public and then internationally, King Krule’s music has taken on an increasingly darker tone, Sad, almost lethargic. “Space Heavy”, new album Out this Friday, June 9thDoes not reverse the trend. The fifteen tracks on the album, the fifth in the career of the 28-year-old musician, reintroduce the Southwark, born and raised along the south bank of the Thames in London The nondescript sound that characterizes King Krule’s style

, For some jazz, for others indie, for others industrial, for others hip hop, for others none of these or maybe all of them put together, Acclaimed by critics, less loved by the public, if only because it’s hard to keep its proposition on a mainstream level,

Archie Marshall returns to prove himself to be the most temperamental of British songwriters of the last decade,

The “space” of the title is that which divides London and Liverpool, the cities between which King Krule has moved in recent years: “Space Heavy” was written between 2020 and 2022 and took shape during various moves. produced by dilip harrisMarshall’s right-hand man since “The Oz” (which allowed him to earn a nomination for the prestigious Mercury Prize), and who before working with the London musician had to deal with – among others – – A Tribe Called Quest, Paul Weller and Blur“Space Heavy” is a summary of King Krule’s published works to date. From the changing sonic palette of “The Oz” to the raw and naive way of conveying vulnerability of “You Heat Up, You Cool Me Down”, “Man Alive!”

The album’s first single, “seaforth”, The visual was accompanied by a music video directed by artist and collaborator Jocelyn Anquetil, which transports viewers into the sleeping mind of King Krule to immerse us in the adventures of two golden retrievers, a father and his pup. Between lo-fi, industrial and cool jazz, saxophone solos – as in “That’s My Life, That’s Yours” – and clever guitar riffs, the album’s fifteen tracks represent King Krule’s eclecticism nicely.

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“Hi, my name is Archie, I’m 14 years old and I’m from London. I play guitar and sometimes keyboards”, he said in a 2008 video, which has returned to circulation on social networks, so much that it has gone viral among fans and enthusiasts of the British indie circuit, interviewed by operators of a competition organized by Rough Trade at Glastonbury. fifteen years later, that little boy – who Will reach Italy on November 4on stage for a date club to club of turin One of the purest talents of British new wave.

“The man is alive!” He was tied to a pole and burned at the stake as a heretical sorcerer or antichrist. an image that well illustrated the role he played in the British singer-songwriter scene.Resist Ed Sheeran and his clones, an alchemist of genres who imagines his songs as hallucinogenic potions rather than love potions to make thousands of little girls lose their minds.,