The Ooz

by King Krule

The Ooz cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 October 2017
  • Label: True Panther, XL, XL Recordings, True Panther Sounds
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:06:14
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 17 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'The Ooz', Archy Marshall synthesizes disparate genres like jazz-rock, trip-hop, and post-punk into a sprawling, atmospheric soundscape defined by its hazy, lo-fi production and stream-of-consciousness feel. His songwriting explores themes of urban loneliness, romantic decay, and mental anguish, delivered through a signature vocal style that shifts from a baritone mumble to an abrasive yell. The resulting hour-long work is an immersive and often challenging listen that balances its woozy, formless longueurs with moments of startling clarity, earning a Mercury Prize nomination for its singular, uncompromising vision.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, bassy, experimental, atmospheric, spoken-word

Tracklist

  1. Biscuit Town (03:42)
  2. The Locomotive (02:51)
  3. Dum Surfer (04:23)
  4. Slush Puppy (02:42)
  5. Bermondsey Bosom (Left) (01:14)
  6. Logos (03:50)
  7. Sublunary (02:10)
  8. Lonely Blue (04:44)
  9. Cadet Limbo (04:52)
  10. Emergency Blimp (02:54)
  11. Czech One (04:15)
  12. A Slide In (New Drugs) (03:05)
  13. Vidual (02:19)
  14. Bermondsey Bosom (Right) (01:05)
  15. Half Man Half Shark (05:02)
  16. The Cadet Leaps (04:21)
  17. The Ooz (04:35)
  18. Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver) (03:53)
  19. La Lune (04:17)

Credits

  • Archy Marshall - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, vocoder, writer, co-producer, engineer, songwriter, lyrics by, music by
  • Dilip Harris - drums, triangle, percussion, vibraphone, synthesizer, marimba, co-producer, mixing, engineer
  • James Wilson - bass, backing vocals
  • Marc Pell - bongos, tambourine
  • Andy Ramsay - drum programming, percussion, engineer
  • Ignacio Salvadores - saxophone
  • Okay Kaya - additional vocals, lyrics by
  • Ella Rimmer - backing vocals
  • Maya Coline - backing vocals
  • Adam Marshall - backing vocals, spoken word
  • Beatriz Ortiz Mendes - spoken word
  • Idris Vicuna - spoken word
  • Maria Dmetriev - spoken word
  • George Bass - drums
  • Jack Towell - guitar
  • Nana Giobbi - piano
  • Jack Marshall - artwork
  • Barry Grint - mastered by, lacquer cut by
  • Heinz Kiessling - writer
  • Connor Atanda - engineer
  • Senor Al Funkelinos - engineer

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