With true, human conflict between happiness and sadness on full display, Man Alive! is unequivocally King Krule’s, or better yet, Archy Marshall’s most sobering work yet.
If being avant-garde is the act of subverting common expectations, then Cale slyly crafted a brilliant achievement in Paris 1919 by utilizing a mournful gentility to catch his original target audience unaware and hiding in plain sight.
For their 26th album, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard opt for the intimacy of six good friends collaborating on the most bonhomie-laden set they've yet committed to wax. 180g recycled black vinyl with printed inner sleeve and housed in a brown paper bag.
"These are some of the songs and some of the artists that found their way into our lives and eventually into our repertoire over the past fifty years." -Cowboy Junkies