6 Feet Beneath the Moon

6 Feet Beneath the Moon
6 Feet Beneath the Moon
Studio album by King Krule
Released	24 August 2013
Genre	Indie rock; post-punk; jazz fusion; trip hop;
Length	52:26
Label	True Panther; XL;
Producer	Archy Marshall; Rodaidh McDonald;
King Krule chronology
Singles from 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
	"Easy Easy"; Released: 15 July 2013; "Neptune Estate"; Released: 21 October 2013; "A Lizard State"; Released: 13 January 2014;

6 Feet Beneath the Moon is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Archy Marshall under the stage name King Krule. It was released on 24 August 2013, Marshall's nineteenth birthday, via True Panther Sounds and XL Recordings.^[13]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10^[1]
Metacritic	77/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Exclaim!	9/10^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
Mojo	^[6]
NME	8/10^[7]
The Observer	^[8]
Pitchfork	7.3/10^[9]
Q	^[10]
Rolling Stone	^[11]
Spin	7/10^[12]

Release and promotion

6 Feet Beneath the Moon was released in North America by True Panther Sounds and in the rest of the world by XL Recordings. Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 premiered "Neptune Estate" on his show on 12 August 2013.^[14] On 14 August, the album was made available to stream in full on King Krule's website, with live CCTV footage of various London streets accompanying each track.^[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Archy Marshall

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Easy Easy"	2:50
2.	"Border Line"	3:06
3.	"Has This Hit?"	4:26
4.	"Foreign 2"	3:39
5.	"Ceiling"	2:56
6.	"Baby Blue"	3:36
7.	"Cementality"	3:44
8.	"A Lizard State"	4:20
9.	"Will I Come"	1:55
10.	"Ocean Bed"	3:31
11.	"Neptune Estate"	5:13
12.	"The Krockadile"	4:52
13.	"Out Getting Ribs"	4:16
14.	"Bathed in Grey"	4:02
Total length:		52:26

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Little Wild"	3:40
Total length:		56:06

Sample credits

"Will I Come" contains samples from The Wicker Man.
"Bathed in Grey" contains elements and samples from "What Is There to Say", written by E. Y. Harburg and Vernon Duke and performed by Bill Evans.

Personnel

Archy Marshall – performance, production
Rodaidh McDonald – production, mixing, engineering
Andy Ramsay – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5–8, 10–14)
Desmond Lambert – engineering (track 5)
Jack Marshall – illustration
Reuben Bastienne-Lewis – photography

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[16]	86
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[17]	65
French Albums (SNEP)^[18]	182
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[19]	19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[20]	100
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[21]	60
UK Albums (OCC)^[22]	65
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[23]	12
US Billboard 200^[24]	187
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[25]	4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[26]	37

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