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KC Rules OK - 20th Anniversary Edition

Originally released in the UK on September 19th, 2005, 'KC Rules OK' quickly became a fan favourite, solidifying King Creosote (aka Kenny Anderson) as a unique voice in British indie folk. The album spawned several notable singles, including 'Bootprints', 'Favourite Girl', and '678', all of whichshowcased Anderson's distinctive songwriting.

The 2CD Deluxe edition pulls together a collection of B sides, songs and remixes, many from the fabled Chorlton And the Wh’Earlies unreleased promo CD including four songs that are completely commercially unreleased and are currently unavailable digitally.

TRACK LISTING

LP Tracklisting:
1. NOT ONE BIT ASHAMED
2. YOU ARE COULD I?
3. THE VICE-LIKE GIST OF IT
4. BOOTPRINTS
5. LOCKED TOGETHER
6. JUMP AT THE CATS
7. GUESS THE TIME
8. MY FAVOURITE GIRL
9. I’LL FLY BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS
10. 678
11. MARGUERITA RED

CD Tracklisting:
1. NOT ONE BIT ASHAMED
2. YOU ARE COULD I?
3. THE VICE-LIKE GIST OF IT
4. BOOTPRINTS
5. LOCKED TOGETHER
6. JUMP AT THE CATS
7. GUESS THE TIME
8. MY FAVOURITE GIRL
9. I’LL FLY BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS
10. 678
11. MARGUERITA RED
12. NOT ONE BIT ASHAMED (MODLANG REMIX)
13. CASINO CLUBBING
14. LITTLE HEART
15. YOU WANT TO WALK
16. FROWN
17. ACQUAINTANCE (THE SOMEONE ELSE DEAF MUTES REMIX)
18. 678 (B&Q VERSION)
19. MARGUERITA RED (B&Q VERSION)
20. SO FORLORN (B&Q VERSION)
21. BOOTPRINTS (HOT CHIP REMIX)
22. THE VICE-LIKE GIST OF IT (JON HOPKINS REMIX)

King Creosote

I DES

They say long live the king and all, but nothing’s ever set in stone. A quarter of a century since his self-inflicted coronation, and self-released debut solo album, Kenny Anderson - DIY pop voyager, ancestral seaside home restorer, squeezebox lothario, Fife for lifer, diamond miner, hijacker of hearts, and the man also known as King Creosote - has released over 100 records (at a relatively conservative guess), collaborated with the likes of Jon Hopkins,KT Tunstall, Beta Band’s Lone Pigeon, and had his songs covered and performed by artists including Patti Smith and Simple Minds. Yet he’s still standing, fallible, doubtful, patched together, bloody-minded and unbowed. He’s got a new LP, despite or perhaps because of it all. It’s called I DES.

While the record’s kaleidoscopic musical terrain plots vibraphones, accordions, e-bows, samplers, ungulates, scratched records and wine glass-drones across its landscape, there’s common ground in the wonder of the synthesiser – not to mention Anderson’s singular voice, and his roguish, roving, ever-evolving, gorgeous songs in the key of Fife.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: A totally gorgeous and varied album blending tasty electronics with a whole host of acoustic instruments. There's a lot of heartache and sorrow this time out, but the over all feeling is one of a deep sense of beauty. Kenny is such a great songwriter. It's been worth the wait!

TRACK LISTING

1. It’s Sin That’s Got Its Hold Upon Us
2. Blue Marbled Elm Trees
3. Burial Bleak
4. Dust
5. Walter De La Nightmare
6. Susie Mullen
7. Love Is A Curse
8. Ides
9. Please Come Back I Will Listen, I Will Behave, I Will Toe The Line
10. Drone In B#

King Creosote

Rocket DIY

‘Rocket D.I.Y.’ is the home-recorded follow up to 2003’s ‘Kenny and Beth’s Musakal Boat Rides’. Instead of a collection of songs spanning several years, ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’ contains 12 songs, all written and recorded over a period of weeks. Acoustic guitar and piano based songs have been embellished with accordion, banjo, electronics and a smattering of samples. Collective drummers OnTheFly and Captain Geeko deliver an altogether new punch, with Pip Dylan’s pedal steel adding that final twang. ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’ can best be described as a recollection of a hectic year. From the cosmic highs to the lunar lows come world weary themes of age consciousness and humdrum household chores sitting alongside wideeyed travel adventures and far-fetched yarns. With its scratchy sentiments, anthemic yearnings and downright nonsense, ‘Rocket D.I.Y.’, like ‘Kenny and Beth’s Musakal Boat Rides’ before it, takes you on a Neukian journey possibly not as far as the stars but one you’ll want to take again.

TRACK LISTING

Twin Tub Twin
Saffy Nool
Klutz
Cor’ws Feet
Spooned Out On Tick
PH 6.5
Circle My Demise
King Bubbles In Sand
The Things, Things, Things
A Month Of Firsts
Thrills & Spills
The Someone Else

King Creosote

From Scotland With Love

Composed of eleven stunning and emotive tracks, ‘From Scotland With Love’ was written by King Creosote and produced by music supervisor and guitarist David McAulay, with additional production by Paul Savage, in Chem19 Studios in Glasgow.

The record features King Creosote accompanied by his band - Derek O’Neill (keyboards), Andy Robinson (drums), Pete Mcleod (bass) and Kevin Brolly (clarinet) - as well as an additional string section (arranged by cellist Pete Harvey) and a choir of backing vocalists.

‘From Scotland With Love’ was created in collaboration with director Virginia Heath and producer Grant Keir as an audio-accompaniment to a poetic documentary film of the same name, to be released for the Commonwealth Games this summer. Featuring archive footage but no narration or interview, the film works around themes of love and loss, war, resistance, emigration, work and play and is driven as much by the music as it is the images. For the first time King Creosote found himself being able to write from other people’s perspectives, such as the female characters found in the archive (the ‘fisher lassies’ inspired the moving track ‘Cargill’, for example). The result is ‘From Scotland With Love’, one of King Creosote’s most widescreen cinematic and finest pieces of work to date.

TRACK LISTING

Something To Believe In
Cargill
Largs (Short)
Miserable Strangers
Leaf Piece (Short)
For One Night Only
Bluebell, Cockleshell, 123
One Floor Down
Crystal 8s
Pauper’s Dough
A Prairie Tale


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