Stream “Sit Calm” from pre-Rodan/June of 44 1992 rap project King G & The J Krew

Stream “Sit Calm” from pre-Rodan/June of 44 experimental rap project King G & The J Krew

Reissue of the lost 1992 album is due in June via Solid Brass

“‘Sit Calm’ first appeared on our 1990 debut release ‘SNUG’. Jason [Noble] consistently mentioned that the intent and lyrics resonated with him. He compared it to the song ‘TV Eye’ by Iggy Pop. For ‘Indestructible Songs…’, he suggested we revisit this track as a more aggressive, guitar-driven track. This is the first King G track that peeled back the drumheads and speaker cones long enough to give us a fast glimpse at what it was like to make dense, heavy, live music.”

About The Album
Before musicians Jason Noble and Jeff Mueller were indie music superstars with their bands Rodan, June of 44, Rachel’s, and Shipping News, they were rap superstars. In Kentucky, that is. Louisville, Kentucky, to be exact. Where Muhammad Ali is from.

Together with their drum machine-owning, Rockit-by-Herbie Hancock-playing-on-a-Yamaha DX21, RUN DMC-fanatic friend Greg King (King G), the three formed the group King G & The J Krew while still in high school (beat-boxing and rapping together in the echo-rich stairwells), and performed live exactly seven times before their 22nd birthdays, to the delight of dozens.

After initially 4-tracking a 90-minute ‘EP’ titled SNUG (with hip hop compatriot Jonathan Hawpe, aka Secret Weapon), the trio embarked on a much more ambitious project after achieving some better gear; their magnum opus ‘Indestructible Songs Of The Humpback Whale’. Released on CD in the fall of 1992, they were joined in the effort by fellow Louisville scene luminaries Tim Furnish (Crain, Parlour), Drew Daniel (Matmos), Ben Daughtrey (Squirrel Bait, Love Jones), Heather Cantrell (Drinking Woman), and Tara Jane O’Neil (Rodan, Sonora Pine). They would have gotten nowhere fast without the help of musician/engineer Aaron Frisbee, who basically taught them how to record music properly, and who contributed guitar and violin to the record when the need arose. Which it did.

The band has outlined even more of the story on their Instagram account, which I encourage you to check out HERE (just a heads up, it’s a 4-part post)!