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The Kings of Frog Island Post “The Watcher 2020” Live Studio Video

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On June 18, The Kings of Frog Island will take the stage — something they don’t do all that often — at The Soundhouse in their native Leicester, UK, to join French psych-tinged-with-Eastern-flair rockers Karkara and openers Early Remains for, yes, a gig. As I said, it’s not something that happens all the time for The Kings of Frog Island. To wit, the last one they had listed was in Sept. 2017, also in Leicester, though at a different venue. I’m pretty sure they’ve played since then, but one way or another, you get the idea. Did I mention it doesn’t happen all the time? Okay then.

In order to be properly prepared for said show, they’re of course working on hammering out a set, and if 2019’s year-long singles series taught us anything, it was that The Kings of Frog Island know how to use YouTube. Accordingly, they’ve filmed themselves doing a runthrough of a new arrangement of “The Watcher,” which was originally released on their 2008 second album, II (discussed here), through Elektrohasch Schallplatten. The lineup has changed since then, but a lot of what you need to know about the difference from one to the other you can learn from the comparative runtimes. The original? 4:20. The new one? Three minutes longer.

“Save all your love… Don’t let no back door man in…” And so on.

As a fan of the band’s ongoing amorphous amphibiousness, I keep hoping for word of a follow-up to 2014’s (review here), which of course would be called VI, but though there was some report of test pressings being in last Fall, I’ve yet to find anything about that materializing into a release date or anything of the sort.

Until that happens, for those of us who won’t make it to Leicester in June, enjoy this clip recorded live in the studio. I’ve also included the original in case you’d like to dig into that:

The Kings of Frog Island, “The Watcher 2020”

The Watcher 2020

We are getting ready for a live set and thought why not press record.

All done in one night… one take… bit like the set.

Recorded live at Amphibia Sound Studios on the 27/02/2020.

The Kings of Frog Island, “The Watcher”

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