KING

Horse Print Dress is so fantastic

― the fog of "Wha...?" (stevie)

and it's on PONO!

hahahahahaha

Yeah I don't see how this sounds anything like a 70s Stevie Wonder album. The whole palette is 90s..... Though I know performatively distancing oneself from "dad rock" has always been mission critical around here

I'm a big fan, and to me they sound very 70s Stevie inspired.

Stevie's big on syncopation, I love this but don't hear any Stevie either

the chords and harmonies are unlike anything i've heard. it feels like the new classical music, or something pretentious like that

This is way more jazz kids who liked Tom Tom Club and SWV

I hear '80s quiet storm r'n'b and some similarly mellow '90s r'n'b but not Stevie

I hear '80s quiet storm r'n'b and some similarly mellow '90s r'n'b but not Stevie

Totally this

Think Imagination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_xjg5hhJoo

Woah, were Imagination a thing in the US?

Only "Just an Illusion."

found some interviews, artists mentioned as influences

prince
duke ellington
stevie wonder
"80s and 90s R&B"
esmerelda spalding
steely dan
erykah badu
joni mitchell
quincy jones
koji kondo (longtime nintendo composer, super mario bros, zelda, etc)
late 90s R&B
ryuichi sakamoto
cocteau twins (makes sense)

Spalding introduced Corinne Bailey Rae to King

xp no wonder they are the best thing around

What no Sade?

swv? i should coko!!!!!

...

sakamoto & kondo.... !

sakamoto a really interesting cite there imo

koji kondo (longtime nintendo composer, super mario bros, zelda, etc)

― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown)

yeah but are they down with the "earthbound" soundtrack?

i just googled "paris strother jobim" and came across this

Paris has been playing piano since age two, her musical inspirations proving to be both curious and extensive from early on. In addition to the musical richness of her hometown, Paris was inspired by everything from the lilting bossa nova of the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, and the limitless expressions of soul and consciousness of Stevie Wonder, to the grandiose and saccharine emotionality of Disney movie ballads.

This, Corine Bailey Rae, and the Tweet album are touchstones of quiet acoustic R&B.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, November 7, 2016 5:27 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You heard the NAO album or the Ruby Amanfu album from last year?

I love the Nao album and rate it higher than KING, but it's not really quiet or acoustic?

Neither is the KING album really. There's barely an acoustic instrument on it.

the NAO album rarely feels organic or light in the way the KING album consistently does

that London gig last week was incredible. Aside from anything else I loved the holy trinity stage set-up (and how unfortunately rare that the backing keyboardist + singers combination is so common but the former being a black woman isn't)

Paris also did a lot of synthy flourishes that made me think good things could come of her and Lindstrøm going into a studio together

she did a pretty convincing turn as the best musician in the world tbh

People are sleeping on the Emily King album from last year for this kind of lush/laid-back R&B. That album is so gorgeous. I totally agree with the love for the Tweet and Corrine Bailey Rae albums. I just can't properly get into the NAO album and I've really tried. There's a couple of really great songs on there, but it just hasn't clicked the way I want it to. I can't really put my finger on why.

they were so good live, the harmonising was flawless and the performance of "Hey" they're doing was so stripped back and pure - it made me think to myself "this would make a lovely wedding song."

lmao someone at our show shouted out that "Hey" was actually their wedding song

that is too cute

More like GRAMMY NOMINATED KING

does this mean i have to start referring to them as Grammy Nominated Snarky Puppy

king's entire audience is grammy voters

Why is this album being panned by most EOY lists? I feel frustrated people are hyping lesser r&b/pop albums and this one is almost perfect. Granted, it's more of a compilation album but that has never stopped the hype before

Well, maybe not panned but largely ignored.

king's entire audience is grammy voters

ILM is full of Grammy voters?

Why is this album being panned by most EOY lists? I feel frustrated people are hyping lesser r&b/pop albums and this one is almost perfect. Granted, it's more of a compilation album but that has never stopped the hype before

― Moka, T

What do you mean "panned"? Did you mean ignored?

I'll correct this week.

xp
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Xpost: yep corrected myself! Not panned, largely ignored.

this thread was just bumped for a grammy nomination, moka

king's entire audience is grammy voters

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, December 6, 2016 12:54 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i have to come clean y'all....
i'm clive davis

i must also make a confession...i'm francis von grammy

(that is my body on each grammy statue)

(take, eat this in remembrance of me)

it was me, I nominated the grammys

some very weird ricocheting between "king are totally beloved by critics" and "king are totally ignored by critics" in the last few posts