Under the Fog

专辑介绍：by Stewart MasonPerhaps deliberately, the blues is just about the only musical style London collective the King Blues don't tackle on Under the Fog. Originally released in 2006 on the Household Names indie but reissued by Island Records in early 2008, Under the Fog is a clattering collision of Billy Bragg-style folk-punk (many songs are based not on electric guitar, but a forcefully strummed ukulele!), dub reggae, Joe Strummer's post-Clash experiments in world music, and whatever else strikes their musical fancy, including the Beach Boys-meet-Mighty Diamonds vocal harmonies of the a cappella "If I Had a Coin." A collective of East London squatters with an affinity for band photos with bandanas … ? Read more