Hi. I'm Archy from King Krule
and we're at Amoeba, and this is 'What's in My Bag'
What's the first thing you found today?
It's this: The Damned, 'Live in Newcastle'
and it doesn't have a track listing, but I love The Damned
Yeah I got brought up on The Damned
Songs like 'Neat Neat Neat' and 'New Rose'
and they were crazy live, also, yeah
It's got a cool print on the vinyl as well.
This, we have here, is King Pleasure's 'Moody's Moods for Love'
It's a cover of James Moody's 'Mood for Love.'
I first heard it... I can't remember, from my brother, I think, yeah
and he used to put me on to a lot of jazz, and this one was like...
the vocals follow James Moody's original saxophone line
yeah, the way they go up and down, the tones are really
very much influenced my own style.
This, we have here, is 'Extension of a Man'
a very, very good Donny Hathaway record
I think it's a very important record in my life, just because it opened my eyes to
a lot of different tones and a lot of different rhythms.
It's exceptional as a record, yeah.
It's brilliant, musically.
This is The Singers Unlimited, 'Just In Time'
They're a really nice jazz vocal quartet
I haven't actually heard too many tracks on this record before
but it's got two of my favorite standards on it
which are 'My Foolish Heart' and 'Someone To Watch Over Me'
I've always been a fan of The Singers Unlimited
through people sampling them, and
not this record in particular, but the group was sampled a lot by J. Dilla
Fly-Lo as well
Asheru, I think. Asheru & Blue Black. Yeah, yeah.
This is an album I grew up with.
It's one of the first albums that I listened to all the way through
and it's one of the first albums that
I enjoyed all the way through.
I love the aesthetic, of the sound
with Kim Deal with the bass, being sort of basic, and quite like...almost dubby if you will
and,yeah, Frank Black's vocals are really...
I'm really down with 'em.
This is Style Council
'Introducing...' and
I'm a big Paul Weller fan
I love The Jam, and so, it was really interesting
to actually listen to The Style Council for the first time when I was younger
because it was... y'know, he'd gone from being in quite a guitar/bass punk band
to going into quite like a soul electronic kind of unit.
Yeah, I think this record in particular has got
real good tracks on it, like 'Long Hot Summer'
'The Paris Match'
and it shows such diversity in his skill as a musician
and, yeah, it's one of my favorite joints, for sure.
This is a classic
and again, when I was growing up, it was one of the only albums
that I listened to all the way through.
Words can't really describe how I feel about this record
David Byrne's lyrics in this are very, very, very
prominent in my life.
Thank you so much for talking with us today.
Thank you for having me.
It's been lovely.