King Krule: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Dec. 6, 2017 | Bob Boilen -- The Ooz, the title to King Krule’s latest album, is the perfect name for his music. It conjures, in my mind, a word mashup of “cool“ and “jazz.“ The music is eerily evocative with lyrics that talk about the sorts of depression singer and guitarist Archy Marshall has dealt with in his young life. And, at 23, he has a lot to say on the subject. His opening song at the Tiny Desk, “Midnight 01 (Deep Sea Diver),“ includes the line, “Why’d you leave me? Because of my depression? / You