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This week on Tracking––a weekly series in which we discuss our favorite songs of the year (you can check out the official list as the year progresses)––you can listen to additions from King Krule, Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Dum Dum Girls, Twigs and Cold Showers. (Click on the arrows to navigate through the songs.)
King Krule – “Rock Bottom” (1 of 6)
“Rock Bottom” sounds like this – King Krule’s Archy Marshall takes to a stool on the foot-high stage in the diviest dive bar you’ve ever imagined (greasy checkerboard floors, someone throwing up in the bathroom, everyone drinking cheap whiskey and cheaper beer), takes two shots (he’s 18), and starts playing this song, with its dreamy, bluesy interlude giving way to a cutting, hyper-catchy riff, and just when you think you’re going to hear a song about selling his soul to the devil at the crossroads a smattering of electronic percussion kicks into gear and you can imagine the guy selling out a stadium tour, before it cuts back into an almost-twee coffeeshop open-mic mixtape closer. It’s mind-blowing how it flows so perfectly, but Marshall’s made up his mind not to make up his mind, and what makes “Rock Bottom” so good is its utter unpredictability. –– Genevieve Oliver
