UPC: 191400057524
Label: 4AD
Format: CD
Release Date: September 8, 2023
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If Giver Taker was an album of prayers, The King is an album of curses. Anjimile won the world over with the clear-eyed honesty of their first record a meditation on spirituality and liberation. In 2019 he recorded Giver Taker, a collection of songs written while getting sober in Florida. Giver Taker was critically adored Rolling Stone magazine deemed it one of the best 50 albums of 2020. Since Giver Takers release, Anjimile tested new material on the road while opening for artists like Jose Gonzalez, Tune-Yards, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. In his sophomore album, The King, he continues exploring what it means to be a Black trans person in America. The brutally honest reflection of 2020s deadly summer is less reminiscent of the pink cloud of early sobriety and more rooted in the reality of seeing brutality with clear eyes.

Over the past few years, Anjimile remained one of the most captivating performers and artists in the New England music community. Now relocated to North Carolina, Anjimile is becoming the worlds to share Vanyaland
florid instrumentation and deeply felt lyrics The FADER
a heartwarming exploration of gender, identity and change. – PASTE

TRACKLIST

The King
Mother
Anybody
Genesis
Animal
Father
Harley
Black Hole
I Pray
The Right