King Krule announces North American tour dates

KING KRULE ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

6 FEET BENEATH THE MOON OUT NOW VIA TRUE PANTHER/XL RECORDINGS

After the recent release of his debut LP, 6 Feet Beneath The Moon and a subsequent run of select US shows, King Krule is back today to announce a more substantial run of North American shows this December. Fans can have first access to tickets starting on September 25th by signing up for the King Krule mailing list by midnight tonight. Check out the poster above or listing below for all upcoming North American King Krule tour dates and sign up for the King Krule mailing list at: 

http://kingkrule.co.uk/dates/ 

Tour Dates

12/03 @ The Space - Hamden, CT

12/04 @ Webster Hall - New York, NY

12/05 @ Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA

12/06 @ Rock & Roll Hotel - Washington, D.C.

12/07 @ Johhny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA

12/09 @ Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON

12/11 @ Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL

12/13 @ Fortune Sound Club - Vanouver, BC

12/14 @ Barboza - Seattle, WA

12/15 @ Doug Fir- Portland, OR

12/17 @ Independent - San Francisco, CA 

12/18 @ Fonda - Los Angeles, CA 

About King Krule:

   

As King Krule, 18 year old south-east London based singer/producer/songwriter Archy Marshall has quietly and stealthily crafted a reputation for himself as one of the most raw and startling voices of a new generation. With his unexpectedly deep and mournful baritone tracing fissures of disappointment and social disorientation to devastating effect, Marshall has harnessed the inchoate frustration and fury of youth and translated it into a series of brilliant singles released on the likes of True Panther Sounds and Rinse over the past few years.

Now comes 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, his first full-length on XL Recordings/True Panther Sounds, and with it, the much anticipated unveiling of the full scope and scale of Marshall's vision. Over the course of 14 tracks, Marshall's passions and confusions are rubbed raw and laid bare, the only connective tissue throughout it all being one of searing lyrical clarity paired with a confounding musical deftness which utterly belies his tender years. From the opening clarion call of "Easy, Easy" it is abundantly clear that this is a breathtakingly bold and arresting sonic worldview, as his songs, produced by Marshall along with Rodaidh McDonald (The XX, Savages), open up to become a loose knit meditation on regret and discontent, loss of faith and renewal of hope, and optimism in the face of desperation.

Eschewing much of his previously released material, 6 Feet Beneath the Moon firmly yet soundly rejects any notion of contemporary trends or peers to occupy its very own unique place on the music landscape, oscillating gently between the classic 50's soul of Gene Vincent and Elvis Presley to the minimal, avant-garde experimentation of Penguin Café Orchestra, to even the electronic smog and dub textures of Marshall's beloved Rinse FM. This is a record where the nakedly bluesy stomp of the likes of "A Lizard State" and "Easy, Easy" sit effortlessly next to the low-end frequency and shimmering beats of "Neptune Estate" and "Will I Come," after all. It is reflective as much of Marshall's own eclectic tastes as it is of the frenetic pulse and rhythm of the city around him, particularly the rapidly changing south-east areas in which he grew up. There is a genuine grittiness and world weariness ingrained here, as exemplified so succinctly when Marshall sings, "Hate...runs through my blood" on the stunning "Out Getting Ribs," the track which started all the fuss.