Sep 2012 24

Archie Marshall… voice of the future. A heavy weight to put any young artist’s shoulder as they’re developing, but then, all the elements that comprise this piece of music are incredible. So too, is the un radical libre mind-state behind it. With early gems and his EP leading up, a dozen artists and stylistic references could be made of it’s parts, but ‘Octopus’ as King Krule’s latest sum is singular and arresting. How do you define his sound between the growl and the melange? If it takes you a minute to think about that, he’s doing it right.

Listen to the A-Side ‘Rock Bottom’ here as both that and ‘Octopus’ drop on Rinse’s label today.

  1. [...] King Krule serves up a dark new video for ‘Octopus’, the double A-Side single to his ‘Rock Bottom’ release. Archie’s bellowing [...]