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Marcus King on Working With Rick Rubin to Probe New Sounds, Heal Psychological Wounds in Forthcoming ‘Mood Swings’ Album (EXCLUSIVE)
Marcus King discusses probing different sounds and dealing with subjects of self-medication on his coming Rick Rubin-produced 'Mood Swings' album.
It promises to probe new depths for King, both musically and psychologically, as Rubin encouraged him to dig deeper into his soulful side as a musician, as well as explore his personal demons as someone who is finding his way away from self-medicating. Keeping that kind of company is indicative of a desire to move King beyond any limitations he might have faced having previously been considered a “bluesman,” “Southern rocker” or player in the jam-band scene — not that there’s anything wrong with those, but he’s bringing in pure soul, Americana and other styles besides. And my whole intention on that tour was to really just drink and drug myself to death.” And then he met her at that show, at a period when he was waking up in cold sweats, and had a reason to live: “I told her that night I was gonna marry her, and she thought I was crazy.” He missed her so much that he flew her out to Rubin’s Malibu studio for their third date, where she got to learn a lot about him by previewing the new material in person.
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