catalogue

KING CYST

KING OF NEW YEORK (UNDERWATER PEOPLES)

KING CYST - KING OF NEW YEORK 87279
format:
1 LPD
release:
05.02.2016
label:
UNDERWATER PEOPLES
item ID:
87279
barcode:
0616892318842
King of New York by King Cyst is a 42-minute odyssey about the limits of carnal adventure in New York City.

Songs weave together circuitous paths, dead-ends and social impasses; the humanism of its heroes and heroines is strained by their undying libidos.

Seductive in the same way a disproportionate painting might be, King of New York is candid series of portraits.

Luka Usmiani is the principal storyteller on King of New York. Usmiani, who adopted the moniker King Cyst for his madcap debut "Real Pussy" on Underwater Peoples in 2012, is a rueful vocalist with a baritone reminiscent of Kevin Ayers, and a guitar player of unlimited range.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Gary's Electric by Al Carlson, the record's nine tracks were cut live with very few overdubs so it retains the aleatory and spontaneous dynamics that set Usmiani's tune-smithing in its own class.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. RUBBING SOUL
  • 1.2. ALL THE BEST
  • 1.3. THE LOVER
  • 1.4. INVOCATION OF THE APRICOTS
  • 1.5. PASTIS ÉLECTRIQUE/THE FREE PARTY
  • 1.6. CHINESE WIND
  • 1.7. SHE PREFERS GREEN
  • 1.8. CAFÉ NO
  • 1.9. SUCCESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE