KING OF THE SLUMS - Encrypted Contemporary Narratives (Sealed) (CD)

A certain DJ once said about a certain band that they were 'always different, always the same'. The same can be said of King of the Slums - but what is the golden thread of DNA that pulses through their musical history? How can one describe them meaningfully? Is it rock music? Amplified violin driven folk? Strange story song daydream tales? Kitchen sink vignettes? Maybe all of these... but that barely scratches the surface of their magical uniqueness. Lost virginity under disused railway arches.....strangeways headcases...unfit mothers....the dispossessed....the ignored...the unwanted....the pathologically challenged ...the defenceless....the indefensible...the lamented lost opportunities of what might have been