KING

i read that as based masterpiece, still made sense.

This has that diaphanous hologramic quality of Swain-Jolley produced stuff like Imagination and early Bananarama.

OH MY GOD, the climax of "oh please"

overwhelming tbh

great record

the most beautiful music ever made

I knew that hearing so many of their songs together at the same time would be overwhelming but maybe not this overwhelming?

My housemate arrived home as I was doing the dishes to "Supernatural" and without even saying hello to me exclaimed "what is THIS?"

Love Song becomes this unbelievable thing without you noticing

im waiting on two things itt, once all the flowers have been laid at their feet: 1) notorious contrarian crank al shipley, and 2) whether or not ppl think they surpassed their last release

their last release?

derp their debut

i'm not the expert here pal but doesn't their debut show up here in its entirety, in lush extended-mix form, segueing into the other songs? if that isn't surpassed idk what is

^^^^ yeah this is why i was confused

no im saying 'derp their debut' as in, derp this is their debut, i was thinking the old singles had been compiled somewhere but apparently not

ahhhh

i assumed there was more to the catalog i wasnt familiar w/ but apparently i knew their shit better than i thought :(

you're taking home the gold

This notional clusterfuck that doesn't even exist is a waste of good pedantry, guys.

Kind of annoyed I can't listen to this until tomorrow at the earliest.

i still want to know what al thinks lol

I succumbed and right now I'm listening this on the phone despite the crappy sound, and so far it sounds like Jones Girls' "Nights Over Egypt" stretched through a wormhole, which is pretty much the best thing I can think of.

This album is incredible. Everything about it is perfect without anything ever feeling forced. Like others have already said, that climax/solo in Oh, Please is everything, very Prince like.

Hey is still my highlight. It feels so cruel that it's only six minutes long, I want to be in that moment forever.

okay, queuing up; you guys losing your shit here has me worried/hopeful/terrified/excited

not to set the bar too high, but its awesome

omg at "Native Land" this is amazing

this is really great so far

puts me in the zone of "Right Here" by SWV but way more layered and complex

i get kind of a 80s jam & lewis' jagged edges sanded smooth via 'i want you'

R&B not my thing at all but this is amazingly beautiful music

wasnt there another thread w/ King discussion at one point? Maybe rev's alt-R&B thread?

Yeah, I think that's where I first posted about them.

rev, what's the link there? Not sure i have that bookmarked.

wow, this really can't be background music on the first listen huh.

should i go to a free KING show tonight and get a copy of the album a week early?

Nah.

lol

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/51d86680e4b03f5ac28eb1ba/t/54919cb9e4b0c7f5bb5600e0/1418828985794/trap.jpg

Oh, I guess Andy K was the first to post about them here. I picked them up via Erykah Badu's twitter.

itt: kinda out there, maybe kinda experimental, maybe kinda pretentious modern r&b

going to their record release show next friday, see y'all there

andy k: prophet

They're playing here in a couple weeks and I have a gig that night. >_____<

going to a listening party in my house tonight. Y'all are invited.

livestream it

doing my hair special too

into track 3 and thinking how many of those pre-programmed casio drum patterns they used. i think i used that tropical drum pattern back in the 90s once too!

...

this whole album is lushly beautiful but "Native Land" is fucking stunning

So they're killing it at an in-store in Amoeba Hollywood right now. Just check this clip!

https://twitter.com/LauraSterritt/status/692893241083981825

It's no GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW - Uhuru Flight - LIVE @ Amoeba SF but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTmAHP1MSck

What's in your bag, KING?

It feels weird that we've reached a point in time when casio drum patterns are a nostalgic sound.

i don't deserve to listen to this album; it's too pure, too luscious, too immaculate for my scummy dirtbag soul