King Krule - The Cadet Leaps

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King Krule - The Cadet Leaps

“I seem to sink lower” are the first words Archy Marshall sings on The OOZ, his second full-length as King Krule. The listener plunges into the muck of the 19-track project alongside Marshall, swimming through lo-fi punk, dub, lounge-lizard jazz—emphasis on lizard.

There’s something primal and low to the ground about Marshall’s sound; even at its most artful, his language still feels scooped directly from his darkest 23-year-old dreams (“I got more moons wrapped around my head and Jupiter knows/ Whilst you orbit with some stupider hoes”).

But Marshall is brilliant at sequencing, and the gentle conclusion, in particular the brightly strummed closing track “La Lune,” leaves you feeling quiet and calm -- like you’ve only just now realized that, after all this time underwater, gravity no longer applies. You’re submerged, but you’re weightless, too.