It was my junior year of undergrad, and I lived in the basement of a small house with 8 of my best friends. Pretentious that I first heard King Krule’s music. It was when I was posed proudly, arms raised, at the peak of Mt. You know, stuff that’s good (I mean it) and fine, but somehow gets coupled with an insufferable smugness.

They listen to Grizzly Bear, The National, Alvvays, Japanese Breakfast, Fleet Foxes, and Father John Misty. They go to a few concerts (alone, of course). Pretentious comes after one “gets into music,” but before they have been exposed to enough non-canonical stuff that would make them realize that taste is very subjective and liking certain artists cannot replace a personality. I think it’s safe to say that most indie music fans reach a point in their life at which they stand atop (to riff on a metaphor from SMBC) Mt.

Always a bit removed from the media, King Krule always shines when he emerges from his reclusive state. The OOZ landed him a wonderful Tiny Desk appearance, and, even before that, he made his television debut on Letterman after the release of 6 Feet Beneath The Moon.

Pretty much everything King Krule has ever put out has garnered critical acclaim. He’s also collaborated on tracks with a handful of artists, most notably Mount Kimbie on their track “Blue Train Lines” (2017). As King Krule, he has released the self-titled King Krule EP (2011), 6 Feet Beneath The Moon (2013), The OOZ (2017), and Man Alive! (2020). King Krule is an alias for the British musician Archy Marshall, who has also released music under his own name, the alias Zoo Kid, and, briefly, the name Edgar the Beatmaker.

Rainbow road mario kart 64 music midi