The Damage Of How I Live My Life

Archy Marshall featuring Jamie Isaac “Ammi Ammi”

Archy Marshall’s identity is a moving target, switching from Zoo Kid to King Krule to Edgar the Beatmaker and his given name on a whim from record to record. And maybe he feels like that in a literal way, like he’s shifting around to much to stick to one name. But on a musical level, I can think of few young musicians with an aesthetic as fully formed as him – sure, this new record is more electronic in nature than the last King Krule album, but that vibe of sleepy nihilism and depressive sexiness is unmistakable. “Ammi Ammi” feels like a cousin to “Neptune Estate,” with Marshall meditating on some complicated, possibly toxic relationship over a track that feels like it’s gradually drifting away from you even as the beat seems to jog in place.

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