Kursivo - The Royal Fish Chef
Alternative/ Alt.Rock, Experimental
London, United Kingdom
Overall Impression: There comes a time in many a music lover's life when you simply need a song like "The Royal Fish Chef", whereas many artists endeavor to market their music in a broader mainstream appealing fashion, artists such as Kursoivo, who's armed with a clearly great sense of humor, simply laughs in the face of what we are led to believe is normal genre conventions and proceeds to throw them out of the closest nearby window, and I think it's splendid! You'll be hard-pressed to find a track quite like "The Royal Fish Chef", it's gloriously bizarre, utterly hilarious, and weirdly mesmerizing. Kursoivo is doing his own thing and sounds like he's having an absolute blast whilst he does it! All hail The Royal Fish Chef!
Strongest Point(s): This really is an excellent arrangement, the way the track balances its more calm and contemplative moments by cleverly utilizing a more subdued sound palette, one that makes great use of delicate piano, subtle percussive elements, and ambient guitar, is contrasted brilliantly with the tracks more powerful moments, in which case more rhythmically driving drums, harder-edged overdriven rhythm guitar, and a more spirited vocal style is adopted. This gives the track a sense of natural flow, there are peaks and troughs to the music that allows the song to have a far more impactful effect on the listener emotionally.
Target Audience Appeal: This is a difficult one, but I actually see that as a positive! This is very much its own thing and it's all the better for it! If I was to place it in a genre, I suppose the closest would be experimental electro-comedy rock?
Artist target suggestions: Green Jelly, Weird Al Yankovic, Starbomb, Flight Of The Concords, Perry & Kinglsey, The Rubberbandits, Tricky, TWRP, Melodysheep
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About the Reviewer:
Andre Avanessian is a freelance session musician, composer, and sound engineer based in the U.K. Having studied music production and composition at a degree level, he has taken his passion for all things audio-related to a level that has allowed him to become both a competent musician and performer. Being a self-confessed "Guitar Nerd" Andre has been continually studying the guitar, as well as teaching it, helping students both learn the instrument, develop their songwriting, and how to become proficient in home recording.