Marshall, meanwhile, told MTV he “wasn’t surprised” Beyoncé was into his stuff. Beyoncé posted a link to Easy Easy (a bellowed rock’n’roll number about nicking stuff from Tesco in Surrey Quays) on Facebook, and Kanye West, Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt began sniffing around for collaborations. Tracks such as Border Line and Ceiling had plenty of the former, while Baby Blue and Ocean Bed showed his deft touch for a love song.
Bile and brilliance spewed from his lean frame in equal measure. That debut single sparked pandemonium, and after a self-titled EP laid out his untamable vision for a new sound built from jazz, hip-hop, punk and his beloved no-wave, 2013 debut album 6 Feet Beneath the Moon cemented him as a thrilling new voice. “I was super cold in front of that power station – I remember after five or six takes I was like: ‘Fucking hell, my fingers are falling off.’” His girlfriend – photographer Charlotte Patmore, who was heavily pregnant during parts of the recording – was behind the camera. Along with footage of four new songs were shots of snow, the moon and copious electricity pylons (Marshall’s current fixation). The story behind the trip to the power station became clear before Christmas, when Marshall uploaded a grainy video titled Hey World! to YouTube. It is another cold evening, and he is in London rehearsing in preparation to tour Man Alive!, his third album as King Krule.
“I left this city and went up there and it feels great,” he says as we settle at a table in the pub near his mum’s house back south, to the west of Peckham Rye. What on earth was the flame-haired singer up to, miles from his south London home, his Fender Mustang hanging loosely over his shoulder? As it turns out, Marshall has a new stomping ground these days, having moved to the north-west after his partner became pregnant in 2018, to be closer to her family. With the sun setting over its chimneys, he picked out drowsy notes on his guitar, singing deeply over the top. Behind him, smoke curled into the wintry sky above Fiddlers Ferry power station. I felt comfortable for once, young and uncomfortable with a tunnel of anxiety to walk through.S ome time towards the end of 2019, Archy Marshall, AKA King Krule, found himself in Warrington standing on a wide stretch of ankle-high grass.
Climbing a ladder of fulfilment, that fullfills neither need or want, but in ascent maybe the organised grouping of heartbeats pounding into the universe for an hour and a half would not be better spent. Sat on toilets imagining the moment other animals would sing the very vibrations back to them. “Once spilt into the cheap 4 tracks and pirate software, now collosos energy redeemed into small diaphragms. In addition to the album’s upcoming digital release, the project is slated for a physical LP release on December 10th. You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down features a setlist of 17 songs that span the acclaimed artist’s entire discography including fan favorites “Easy Easy,” “Baby Blue,” “Out Getting Ribs” and more. In addition, the artist shares the lead single and an accompanying video from the live album, “Stoned Again (Live).” Mere weeks before the world went into lockdown, King Krule had performed a handful of European shows which featured tracks from his critically acclaimed third album Man Alive! Recorded live during that short run of shows, the Man Alive! single “Stoned Again” was performed with a ferocious intensity the recording offers fans a glimpse into a live tour that never was, while also reminding them of the artist’s unique stage presence and incredible performances delivered across his entire catalogue. King Krule has announced his forthcoming live album You Heat Me Up, You Cool Me Down, due out September 10th via True Panther Sound/Matador Records.
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