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.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 19 November 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
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."
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 20 November 2016 10:16 (seven years ago) link
lmao someone at our show shouted out that "Hey" was actually their wedding song
― Fluffy Saint-Bernard (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 20 November 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
that is too cute
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 20 November 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
More like GRAMMY NOMINATED KING
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:20 (seven years ago) link
does this mean i have to start referring to them as Grammy Nominated Snarky Puppy
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
king's entire audience is grammy voters
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
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, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
Well, maybe not panned but largely ignored.
― Moka, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:53 (seven years ago) link
ILM is full of Grammy voters?
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
― Moka, T
What do you mean "panned"? Did you mean ignored?
I'll correct this week.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
xp http://fictionsoftware.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/mygod.jpg
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
Xpost: yep corrected myself! Not panned, largely ignored.
― Moka, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
this thread was just bumped for a grammy nomination, moka
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
― 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
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
i must also make a confession...i'm francis von grammy
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 05:00 (seven years ago) link
(that is my body on each grammy statue)
(take, eat this in remembrance of me)
― 6 god none the richer (m bison), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 05:01 (seven years ago) link
it was me, I nominated the grammys
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
some very weird ricocheting between "king are totally beloved by critics" and "king are totally ignored by critics" in the last few posts
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
KING are totally beloved by critics vs. KING are victims of critics always just voting for Radiohead in year-end polls
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
Seems critics like it but not enough to add it to their EOY lists. It's weird because it's not a guilty pleasure kind of album or generic comfort food r&b like that Frank Ocean one. Guess they didn't pass the cult of the cool 2016 test.
― Moka, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
I listened to it a lot more in the first half of the year than the second half. Maybe it just kept moving down people's lists as newer things came out.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:50 (seven years ago) link
― 6 god none the richer (m bison)
tell us about heaven, francis
― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
"hey" was pretty incredible live
― J0rdan S., Friday, February 5, 2016 11:44 PM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i love how it was reduced entirely to keyboards
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Saturday, February 6, 2016 1:04 AM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it sounded so nice when the crowd caught the refrain
― J0rdan S., Saturday, February 6, 2016 1:13 AM (ten months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was the best moment i've had at a live show in a while
― Heez, Monday, 12 December 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
damn if that 15 second clip of 'the greatest' that just aired on the grammys didn't give me chills
― maura, Monday, 13 February 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link
Really cool to see them in the nominees.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 13 February 2017 14:34 (seven years ago) link
Much of the [new Anna Wise](https://annathewise.bandcamp.com/album/the-feminine-act-ii) has a King feel to it.
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Monday, 17 April 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Much of the new Anna Wise has a King feel to it.
― behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Monday, 17 April 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
holy crap this anna wise album is amazing. i kinda liked the feminine 1, but this is on another level
― human music...I like it! (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:54 (seven years ago) link
This is great, nice recommendation.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 20 April 2017 11:30 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, this Anna Wise album is great. It reminds me of that last Mr Twin Sister album the way she mixes some of those darker electronics with the more laid-back R&B.
― kitchen person, Thursday, 20 April 2017 13:44 (seven years ago) link
Still in my Top 3 of 2017 so far. Anna also co-wrote PRIDE. on DAMN. btw
― Jeff W, Thursday, 20 April 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
I'm getting some distinct vaporwave vibes from this though this album is better than pretty much every vaporwave album I've ever heard
Great EOY choice y'all
― frogbs, Friday, 19 May 2017 14:28 (six years ago) link
omg die
― r|t|c, Friday, 19 May 2017 14:36 (six years ago) link
lol
― imago, Friday, 19 May 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
just kidding, it's more chillwave. like Com Truise
― frogbs, Friday, 19 May 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
fp
― Austin, Friday, 19 May 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
I just dig the a e s t h e t i c
― frogbs, Friday, 19 May 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/y8Ea8jBh.jpg
― Austin, Friday, 19 May 2017 19:16 (six years ago) link
Probably would have passed me by without this forum...thanks!
https://devonrecordclub.com/2017/09/03/king-we-are-king-round-102-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Sunday, 3 September 2017 12:46 (six years ago) link
especially since I'm about write a long piece on Angela Winbush.
Alfred casually outshining all other pretenders ITT.
― Tim F, Wednesday, February 10, 2016 7:38 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah that is my dream piece alfred, i would only trust u with it tbh
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, February 10, 2016
come to MoPop in a couple weeks, gents!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 April 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link
still can't get over that incredible new song they played in their london set like two years ago. when are they going to release anything
― imago, Sunday, 8 April 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
Their debut single preceded the LP by what, 5 years?
― Zhoug speaks to you, his chosen ones (Sanpaku), Sunday, 8 April 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
Yeah, we're not going to be blessed with another LP until 2025, I'd guess.
― "Minneapolis" (barf) (Eric H.), Monday, 9 April 2018 01:41 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/jokhwCG.jpg
https://www.facebook.com/weareKING/photos/a.169114946475156/1986744594712173
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 13 January 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
exciting photo of the twins with q-tip on their facebook from late last year
― imago, Sunday, 13 January 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
instagram live jam session happening now @weareking ?!
― maura, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
that was fucking rad, maura. thanks for the info.👍🏻
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
it made my night
― maura, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link