{"product_id":"king-krule-the-ooz","title":"King Krule - The OOZ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Allmusic guide:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/archy-marshall-mn0003215044\" class=\"name-link\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArchy Marshall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cem\u003e debuted as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/zoo-kid-mn0002831973\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eZoo Kid\u003c\/a\u003e when he was an actual kid and released his acclaimed first album -- under the presumably self-bestowed title King Krule -- before he turned 20. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marshall-mn0003215044\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMarshall\u003c\/a\u003e continued work on new material for years but was displeased with it, save for a set of mumbling-in-a-bucket hip-hop blues, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/a-new-place-2-drown-mw0002903959\" class=\"album-link\"\u003eA New Place 2 Drown\u003c\/a\u003e, credited to his off-stage name. The Ooz, the artist's second King Krule album, surfaced -- or is that seeped out? -- four years after the first one. Compared to the debut, the songwriting is more refined and the sounds are more disparate, resulting in a sort of controlled chaos, a scuzzy mix of nervy neo-rockabilly projectiles, howling dirges, and noodling dive-lounge tunes. It's further distinguished with saxophonist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/ignacio-salvadores-mn0003680658\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eIgnacio Salvadores\u003c\/a\u003e' writhing bleats, continually in support of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marshall-mn0003215044\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMarshall\u003c\/a\u003e's scraggly guitar work and variety of voices, as liable to sound like his slumped natural self as an exaggeration of growling punks like \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-clash-mn0000075747\" class=\"name-link\"\u003ethe Clash\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/paul-simonon-mn0000026250\" class=\"name-link\"\u003ePaul Simonon\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/the-ruts-mn0000492357\" class=\"name-link\"\u003ethe Ruts\u003c\/a\u003e' \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/malcolm-owen-mn0001600868\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMalcolm Owen\u003c\/a\u003e. Clear references are made to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marshall-mn0003215044\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMarshall\u003c\/a\u003e's previous full-lengths, and repeated allusions to water -- as in sinking -- as well as blue as a color and feeling, are likewise threaded throughout. Damp, suffocating city streets are never distant. When \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marshall-mn0003215044\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMarshall\u003c\/a\u003e retreats to physical solitude, he can't leave his head -- not even with a prescription, a situation related in a whirling frenzy of insomniac agitation titled, naturally, \"Emergency Blimp.\" \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marshall-mn0003215044\" class=\"name-link\"\u003eMarshall\u003c\/a\u003e is just as expressive and evocative when he keeps it guttural; \"She smoked me whole and blows out Os,\" over decayed, dispirited bossa nova, passes like a wisp but could be the album's emotional center. Details that seem to provide levity -- \"Man this band that's playin', is playing fucking trash\" among them -- have a way of heightening the sense of inescapable dread. No matter that feeling, illustrated with one distressed scene after another, filtered through a multitude of inspirations and a few bodily fluids, The Ooz is a completely engrossing work from a one-off.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinyl Veritas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48899747217643,"sku":"VVA1340","price":34.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/5692\/3115\/files\/3731894.jpg?v=1781883995","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylveritas.com\/products\/king-krule-the-ooz","provider":"Vinyl Veritas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}