King Dude / My Beloved Ghost
Album: My Beloved Ghost   Collection:General 12"
Artist:King Dude   Added:Sep 2011
Label:Bathetic Records  

A-File Activity
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
DJ Away
Reviewed 2012-05-05
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
1. My Beloved Ghost   6. Harry Rag
2. Oh Faith   7. Black Triangle
3. Sator Formula   8. Never Let You Go
4. Our Everlasting Life   9. Into The Morrow
5. Why Must I Go On   .