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King Khan recently retired The Shrines and The BBQ Show and started a new project – The King Khan Experience. He’s been getting compared to Jimi Hendrix his whole musical career and this new project finally takes up the challenge. In 9 new tracks released free by Scion Audio Visual Khan aggressively rips through a set of psychedelic garage-rock, forcing all sorts of weird sounds out of his electric guitar. Somewhere between Hendrix and Santana, The Datsuns and The Hives – The King Khan Experience is a fusion of all the best elements of past and present rock ‘n’ roll, but is perhaps not the most experimental work he’s ever done. It’s a little derivative and sloppy but that’s what differentiates this project from his previous ones, which were very unrestrained and wild. ‘Come Levitate With Me’ is the most psychedelic of the new tracks, dominated by a swirling ’70s sounding organ, a jangly guitar riff and a whispering flute. The song sounds like a cross between Santana and The Stooges – a kind-of improvisational punk number. ‘Dr Ruin-Yer-Life’ is more progressive, with a fuzzy-bass and classic rock guitar riff reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Perhaps the weirdest and most eclectic song is a tribute to Jay Reatard; a cover of Reatard’s ‘Hammer I Miss You’ sung in German and featuring a child choir. ‘Keep it Simple Stupid’ is a throwback to Sgt. Peppers-era Beatles, and would perhaps be what The Beatles could have sounded like if the band stayed together long enough for George Harrison to compose ‘All Things Must Pass’. But if there’s one song that gets stuck in your head it’s ‘I Got Love’, Khan’s finest garage-rock number that’s quite possibly the best garage party anthem since The Hives released ‘Hate To Say To Told You So’ over a decade ago.
Download The King Khan Experience’s debut EP
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It's great the Scion A/V is putting out so much good new stuff for free, but a shame that the latest King Khan album is a bit below par. I don't mind derivative, but it has to have spark and to me, this album sounds like Khan on autopilot. It's a bit stodgy and lacking in soul - which he usually has in abundance.
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