6 Feet Beneath the Moon

6 Feet Beneath the Moon
Studio album by King Krule
Released	24 August 2013 (2013-08-24)
Genre	Indie rock post-punk jazz fusion trip hop
Length	52:26
Label	True Panther XL
Producer	Archy Marshall Rodaidh McDonald
King Krule chronology
King Krule (2011) 6 Feet Beneath the Moon (2013) A New Place 2 Drown (2015)
Singles from 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
"Easy Easy" Released: 15 July 2013 "Neptune Estate" Released: 21 October 2013 "A Lizard State" Released: 13 January 2014

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10[1]
Metacritic	77/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Exclaim!	9/10[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	8/10[7]
The Observer	[8]
Pitchfork	7.3/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Spin	7/10[12]

6 Feet Beneath the Moon is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Archy Marshall under the stage name King Krule. It was released on 24 August 2013, Marshall's nineteenth birthday, via True Panther Sounds and XL Recordings.^[13]

Release and promotion

6 Feet Beneath the Moon was released in North America by True Panther Sounds and in the rest of the world by XL Recordings. Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 premiered "Neptune Estate" on his show on 12 August 2013.^[14] On 14 August, the album was made available to stream in full on King Krule's website, with live CCTV footage of various London streets accompanying each track.^[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Archy Marshall

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Easy Easy"	2:50
2.	"Border Line"	3:06
3.	"Has This Hit?"	4:26
4.	"Foreign 2"	3:39
5.	"Ceiling"	2:56
6.	"Baby Blue"	3:36
7.	"Cementality"	3:44
8.	"A Lizard State"	4:20
9.	"Will I Come"	1:55
10.	"Ocean Bed"	3:31
11.	"Neptune Estate"	5:13
12.	"The Krockadile"	4:52
13.	"Out Getting Ribs"	4:16
14.	"Bathed in Grey"	4:02
Total length:		52:26

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Little Wild"	3:40
Total length:		56:06

Sample credits

• "Will I Come" contains samples from The Wicker Man.
• "Bathed in Grey" contains elements and samples from "What Is There to Say", written by E. Y. Harburg and Vernon Duke and performed by Bill Evans.

Personnel

• Archy Marshall – performance, production
• Rodaidh McDonald – production, mixing, engineering
• Andy Ramsay – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5–8, 10–14)
• Desmond Lambert – engineering (track 5)
• Jack Marshall – illustration
• Reuben Bastienne-Lewis – photography

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16]	86
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17]	65
French Albums (SNEP)[18]	182
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19]	19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	100
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21]	60
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	65
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23]	12
US Billboard 200[24]	187
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[25]	4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[26]	37

References

1. "6 Feet Beneath The Moon by King Krule reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
2. "Reviews for 6 Feet Beneath the Moon by King Krule". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
3. Lymangrover, Jason. "6 Feet Beneath the Moon – King Krule". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
4. Lindsay, Cam (23 August 2013). "King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon". Exclaim!. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
5. Gibsone, Harriet (22 August 2013). "King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
6. Harrison, Ian (26 August 2013). "King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon". Mojo. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
7. Perry, Kevin EG (20 August 2013). "King Krule – '6 Feet Beneath The Moon'". NME. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
8. Empire, Kitty (18 August 2013). "King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon – review". The Observer. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
9. Greene, Jayson (29 August 2013). "King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
10. "King Krule: 6 Feet Beneath the Moon". Q (327): 105. October 2013.
11. Dolan, Jon (27 August 2013). "6 Feet Beneath the Moon". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
12. Kamps, Garrett (28 August 2013). "King Krule's '6 Feet Beneath the Moon' Is the Best 'Steely Dan Gone Dubstep' Album of 2013". Spin. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
13. Battan, Carrie (9 July 2013). "King Krule Announces Debut Album 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, Shares "Easy Easy"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
14. "New King Krule "Neptune Estate"". True Panther Sounds. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
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