Wrapped around that sleepy melancholy is an almost modernist suffocation on the angsts surrounding his existence, which hinges on a very tangible focal point–a girl. Close your eyes and you might even see Marshall swaying center stage, the rest of the band in pitted darkness and revealed only with brief illuminations as their tones appear throughout the song. The minimalist and almost improvisational nature of the song places the songwriting in the spotlight–or rather the soft glow of candlelight–like a lone singer tucked into the smokey-shrouded confines of a bar with leather cushioned seats and half-sipped martinis. A slow-burner that elongates itself along the velvet, baritone sighs of Marshall, “Czech One,” zig-zags around twinkling ivory keys, waning saxes, and distant guitar plucks as his meditations on life and love take him around the globe.
King Krule, the multi-genre juggling stage name of UK artist Archy Marshall, has shared his first new single since 2013 today with the deeply atmospheric, lounge-jazz piece, “Czech One.” Paired with a noir-esque music video filmed on what feels like 80’s home-video tapes, the song sees Marshall wandering amongst strangers–from dimly lit red-eye flights to sprawling city streets–as he waxes existential-like on the past, present, and future.
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