![]() It's here, amid a maze of instruments, that he finds his sweet spot. MaArchy Marshall aka King Krule, December 2017 (Frank Hoensch/Redferns) King Krule and his partner, the photographer Charlotte Patmore, have welcomed their first child. The phone rings again before "Alone, Omen 3," but this time Marshall answers it with a cathartic lyrical verse that's one of his best. Musician Archy Marshall, better known as King Krule, is a poet of the city: romantic and darkly attuned to its mysteries. ‘I told you it was really steep,’ says Archy. "Perfecto Miserable" begins with an answer phone ringing off and signals the start of a mellow, meditative run of songs. Musician Archy Marshall, better known as King Krule, is a poet of the city: romantic and darkly attuned to its mysteries. In between them you can hear the grinding girders of a garbage truck, which on first glance sound like horns in a Caribbean Carnival. "There's a French girl, on my television, she's crying in the palm of my hand." It's followed by "Stoned Again" and "Comet Face," two punk rock songs that sound like messy bar fights. The opening lines to "Cellular" are instantly more fluid than anything he's done before - "there's a television, there's a television speaking to me," he sings over growling bass. When Archy Marshall, more widely known by his jazz-punk-hop cocktail of an alias, King Krule, dropped a 16 minute short-filmfollowing 3 years of near silence, fans were ready for another round The reverbed chaotic guitar riffs, angsty bass, and deep, winding vocal drawls from the man himself would all be part of the checklist, born out of South London, with a quiet anger to thrust out into the world. ![]() Where his previous albums presented a bird's eye view of London life, Man Alive! zooms in and lucidly lays out a scene. Man Alive! starts with a burst of dissonant music that reflects Marshall's current desire to live more in the moment.
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