The guitarist additionally reimagined “It is Too Late” from his just lately launched ‘Younger Blood’ LP.
By Scott Bernstein Oct 19, 2022 • 6:39 am PDT
Guitarist Marcus King assembled along with his full band final yr at famed New York Metropolis studio Electrical Girl to file a pair of songs for the Spotify Singles sequence. King led the crew by an Afrobeat-influenced cowl of Gnarls Barkley’s “Loopy” and a reworked tackle his authentic “It’s Too Late.”
Gnarls Barkley — the duo consisting of vocalist CeeLo Inexperienced and producer Hazard Mouse — launched “Loopy” in 2006 as their debut single. The track was a success worldwide together with within the U.S., the place it reached the quantity two slot on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart. Marcus King Band has been identified to carry out a extra soul-laden cowl of “Loopy” dwell in live performance.
Marcus King initially put out “It’s Too Late” on his just lately issued sophomore solo album, Young Blood. Whereas King was backed by drummer Chris St. Hilaire and bassist Nick Movshon for the trio model featured on his LP, the complete band with its blaring horns gave the tune a brand new really feel at Electrical Girl.
King shared the next with regard to his expertise at Electrical Girl for Spotify Singles:
“Recording music at Electrical Girl Studios was like a spiritual expertise for myself and the band. We had been greeted on the door by our expensive pal and engineer William Garrett on the iconic entrance manner of the studio. The downstairs neighbors complained concerning the guitar amplifiers within the rest room, it was a dream recording session! The songs had been chosen rigorously on my own and the group to totally characterize all we are able to do musically. We began the day performing the opening observe of Younger Blood, ‘It’s Too Late,’ this time with a brass part. ‘Loopy’ by Gnarls Barkley has lengthy been a canopy we’ve carried out on uncommon events. It appeared befitting given the lyrical content material of the newest album, and the place I used to be mentally on the time. We wished so as to add a unique spin to it so we determined to intertwine Fela Kuti’s ‘Zombie’ inside our personal take of ‘Loopy.’ We hope you get pleasure from it! Thanks to Electrical Girl Studios and Spotify for the hospitality!”
Stream Marcus King’s Spotify Singles contribution beneath:
Marcus King is at present on the highway for the newest leg of his Younger Blood tour that includes help from Neal Francis and Ashland Craft. King performed Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium on September 29 and 30. Watch free replays of King at “The Mother Church” via Volume.com.
