| King Dude / My Beloved Ghost |
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| Album: | My Beloved Ghost | Collection: | General 12" | |
| Artist: | King Dude | Added: | Sep 2011 | |
| Label: | Bathetic Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-05-12 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-15 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 17 | Jun 3 | May 20 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 15, 2012: | Last Verses* Sator Formula | 4. | May 31, 2012: | Nathin' To Do - Soft Shoulders Our Everlasting Life | |
| 2. | Jun 13, 2012: | The Sunset Life Into The Morrow | 5. | May 28, 2012: | Bridal Moments Oh Faith, My Beloved Ghost | |
| 3. | Jun 01, 2012: | Lost Verses Our Everlasting Life | 6. | May 18, 2012: | The Sunset Life Oh Faith |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2012-05-05 | ||
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Dark folk/lo-fi With these recordings, King Dude offers some gorgeous death-and-doom-oriented folk. These songs consist mostly of acoustic guitar and deep, often multi-tracked vocals. Start with A1, A2, A4, B5. FCC WARNING B4. *A1. (3:51)—Mid-tempo. Ominous, strummed acoustic guitar riffs with deep, dark, cultish vocals. *A2. (2:01)—Continues in the same vein as the first song. Some very deep, evil “ohhhhh”s in the refrains. A3. (2:33)—Vocals start immediately. The music is slightly less doomy than in the previous two tracks. *A4. (2:25)—Sounds like a sea shanty from hell. Some very pretty cello shows up briefly. B1. (2:55)—The rhythm is bouncy, but this doesn’t make the song any lighter in tone than the others. Pretty bleak lyrical matter. B2. (2:18)—This turns out to be a Kinks cover, but it’s as dark as anything here. More upbeat rhythms, this time with the inclusion of a tambourine. B3. (1:32)—Brief, mid-tempo, waltz-time piece with more ominous vocals. B4. (1:57)—FCC WARNING (g•••••n). Were it not for the vocals, this would be a very cheery, straightforward folk song. It’s even in the key of C. *B5. (2:10)—Lovely, slowly strummed guitar. The second half includes whistling and high-pitched keyboards. This sounds like a Disney song gone very, very wrong. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | My Beloved Ghost | 5. | Why Must I Go On | |||
| 2. | Oh Faith | 6. | Harry Rag | |||
| 3. | Sator Formula | 7. | Black Triangle | |||
| 4. | Our Everlasting Life | 8. | Never Let You Go | |||
| 9. | Into The Morrow | |||||