King Cobra, by Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals

King Cobra

by Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals

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1.	'Neath The Willow's Leaves 02:38	buy track
2.	Coke Jaw 03:26	buy track
3.	A Melancholy Boogie 02:58	buy track
4.	The Culling ft. Tyler Moonlight 01:24	buy track
5.	Don't Let The Smooth Taste Fool You 03:31	buy track
6.	Theme from King Cobra 02:10	buy track
7.	The Badger 03:39	buy track
8.	The Not So Tired Sounds of Brian Ennals 03:58	buy track
9.	Sunday Feb 19th 2017 00:42	buy track
10.	Death of a Constable 02:19	buy track
11.	The Bushman 02:27	buy track
12.	Headclean 02:58	buy track
13.	Premium Malt Freestyle ft. Eze Jackson 02:37	buy track
14.	Milk & Codeine 03:16	buy track
15.	Bluffin' 02:30	buy track
16.	Sambo's Last Words 02:30	buy track
17.	On Bread Alone ft. Allison Clendaniel 01:38	buy track

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"A leading light of Baltimore’s experimental hip-hop scene. A brilliant, unpredictable work"
Spin

"Matches old school flow with meticulous productions"
The Ransom Note

Baltimore hip-hop experimentalists Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals return with vital new album King Cobra, a mighty, omnivorous record that pushes the duo to unstoppable creative heights.

Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals’ inexhaustible creativity has already gifted us 2020’s Dear, Sudan - a kaleidoscopic, unpredictable joyride of late night channel-hopping - and 2021’s brutal post-George Floyd manifesto Rhino XXL, but King Cobra is a new experience still. It is a masterfully executed expression of both ferocity and joy. ”Not a checklist of all the ills in the world,” say the band, “but it feels like darkness”. An expansively ambitious record, full of fire, and a thrilling new step from artists on a crucial mission.

More than a pure hip-hop producer, Infinity Knives (aka NPR composer-in-residence Tariq Ravelomanana) demonstrates his oft-discussed love of contemporary classicists such as Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson throughout. Hidden deftly amongst the hard-hitting beats and Ennals’ lyrical dexterity are moments of blissful orchestration that betray an abundance of musical talent and a precise control over the cleverly formed layers of melody and harmony.

More than a pure hip-hop record, King Cobra provides a relentlessly inventive backdrop for Brian Ennals’ righteous poetry of vitriol, rage, philosophy, humour and myth-making. “This isn’t an album meant for you to smile to,” Ennals writes, “except when I say something funny.”

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released June 17, 2022

Photography by Shae McCoy

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