Psych-rock band Club Kuru have announced their debut album ‘Giving In’ today (January 19th) and have shared a new single.
Fronted by Laurie Erskine, he left music college in a fit of rage at receiving poor grades for a piece he had spent four years writing, Erskine began to play London’s jazz clubs whilst never really fulfilling his true potential.
In an effort to make a mark, he started song writing, hoping his output might connect with an audience more than his left field jazz compositions had. With the help of his older brother (a successful producer who has worked with artists including The Prodigy and Benga), Erskine learned how to produce, and wrote his first two records as a singer; “Originally I never wanted to sing but couldn’t bear my songs being butchered. On release I decided I hated them, and fell into a deep depression. At the same time, my fiancé left me.” Said Erskine.
Giving In reached completion in early 2017, but the studio the band had worked so hard to build was demolished and left them without a place to work. Building the studio together was an important process for the band; they toiled over it with their own hands, effectively becoming makeshift carpenters and electricians in the process. The rest of last year was spent building a replacement studio and now the record is ready to see the light of day.
New single ‘The Memory Junkie’ fusses Erskine’s Jazz influences with their Tame Impala-esuqe psychedelic rock. Check out the track for yourself below.
Scheduled for release on 23rd March (via Absolute), the album features the singles ‘You Want It Bad’, ‘Giving In’ and the new track out today; ‘The Memory Junkie’.
