King Khan & the Shrines – Pray For Lil
It’s been far too long since we’ve had new music from King Khan & the Shrines. Though the King has been busy with a multitude of projects, this marks the first proper new release from the group since 2007. Given that long period of time, some changes might be expected. The group’s sound is not quite as wild as it was in the early years, nor are the antics of frontman Khan. Idle No More presents a more refined, more settled and controlled sound from the group. it might not endear itself immediately to long time fans, but repeated listens ought to allow even them to warm up to the new King Khan. “Pray For Lil” gives a taste of that new sound, a track that I believe is dedicated to King Khan’s wife (though I don’t know who sings along with Khan on the track, such is dilemma of being a DJ/Music writer in the digital age, we rarely get full notes anymore).
While the sound is a bit more refined from King Khan and the Shrines, they’re clearly still a right powerful band when they perform, which hopefully one day will be on KPFK: