Monday, 1 September 2008

KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES - THE SUPREME GENIUS OF KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES

(AU magazine September)

(VICE RECORDS)

Welcome to space year 1967, where chicks wearing righteous threads are duty-bound fall under the spell of any smooth-talking cat with an axe. It's a trip alright, into the dazzling world of King Khan, a twenty-something scholar of yesteryear. The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The Shrines, the third outing for the group, carries the heavy burden of old-style rhythm and blues, but magically makes each note as fresh as the days from whence it came. Every song is like another drug-tinged odyssey into the decade of peace and love. Weird and fantastic, the genre of 11-piece psychedelic soul has not been so fulsomely represented since way back when.

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