South London’s restless pulse runs through British-Bengali musician Tara Lily’s latest collaboration with the enigmatic King Krule. On ‘Quiet Nights (Early Takes)’ (Friday 7th November), the pair craft shadowy soundscapes where hazy jazz chords and warped synths blur into something raw and hypnotic.
“Tropical Storm,” described as a “lucid dream playing in our minds again and again” captures flashes of early King Krule chaos, refracted through Tara’s sleek and sleepy vocals, over a bed of guitar pedals, synths and DIY beats. Talking about the project Tara says:
“‘Quiet Nights’ are some of the early sketches from a deadly quiet and beautiful period of time. For myself it was a time of stripping back, dropping down into the ground and channelling something raw and real.”
EP focus track and project opener “Flying To Kolkata” is a sensory journey that captures the essence of a 5am flight through the night sky into the jazz capital of India. “It’s Never the End” sees a flood of white noise set the scene for Tara’s idiosyncratic, melancholic and brooding vocals, while “Corcovado” closes the tape with a silent nod to the classic bossa nova and jazz standard.
‘Quiet Nights (Early Takes)’ follows the release of Tara Lily’s debut ‘Speak In The Dark’ , a record about “speaking your truth - things that go unsaid—secrets and desires”. Transgressing jazz, electronica, trip-hop, and alternative R&B with Indian soundscape ‘Speak In The Dark’ is an artistic representation of Tara’s emotional highs and lows with ADHD. The album was praised to critical acclaim by Dazed, Crack Magazine and The Face, along with key support from tastemakers like Jamz Supernova, Jamie Cullum and Jack Saunders.
Archy Marshall, AKA King Krule, is an artist who needs little introduction. A singer, songwriter and producer from Peckham, South London who is considered an indie music veteran, beloved by a cult following all over the world. Boasting releases on XL Recordings, True Panther, and Beggars, the Mercury Prize-nominated artist has remained one of his generation’s most enduringly treasured songwriters.
1. Flying to Kolkata
2. Tropical Storm feat. King Krule
3. It's Never the End
4. Corcovado
