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| Who Is King Toad? |
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King Toad aka Areli Jamal Morgan River. Iowa City native. Working to create his own sound. Influenced by Ween, They Might Be Giants and The Misfits. He's a humble musician unwilling to "sell" himself, working from the inside out.
on the lyrics
I wrote a song about a woman who feels compelled to burn her own house down but is trying her best to resist. It was more interesting, it's funnier than writing about myself. That only lasted for the first year or two I was writing songs and then I, like a lot of people I think, ended up just writing about myself. But I've been moving away from that again in some degree. Lately I've been writing more stream of consciousness stuff just because it comes out interesting. I just write down the words as fast as they come to me and save whatever I think is interesting. I don't necessarily know what anything is supposed to mean but I like the way it sounds.
under the water
The ocean doesn't want me today-which probably contributed to the experience cause it's a song about drowning. I just remember getting the sensation of being really cold and dark and like I was sinking. I started making motions like I was sinking and people I was with telling me I should probably go home and be by myself for awhile. I was having a good time I didn't want to go home. I may have been weirding them out but I was enjoying myself. It was scary but I kind of enjoyed it too. Actually all the drowning- whatever- dreams or images I've had, well not all but a lot of them, have been perversely enjoyable. I guess I was really afraid of water when I was little.
on the music
I don't know- people ask me when I try to sell it on consignment they're like so what is it? I've never actually come up with a good description for it. On the internet I had to describe it for some internet sight. I said it was lo fi four tracks stomp and shout sample music but I think I was being flippant.
when does it stop being enjoyable?
When it becomes a career for them. When its about something I "have" to do, something I do for a living or I want to do this for a living so I have to do whatever it takes.
favorite album?
HOW TO DECOMPOSE I worked the hardest on and put the most thought into. It was a hard album for me but I like how it turned out. The newest one, (DOWN WITH THE SHIP) I was just trying to have fun. I think I got kind of burned out after How to Decompose. I like DOWN, it's probably my second favorite but it was more just goofing around and enjoying myself.
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