The King’s Will
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30 Jun

Posted at 08:30h in Music, Reviews
Oxbridge law graduate turned poet, football pundit and all-round ideal dinner guest Musa Okwonga joins forces with composer, producer, artist and mathematician, Giles Hayter. These two renaissance men record under the name of The King’s Will, dubbing their sound ‘Poetronica.’ The regal appellation is in reference to Okwonga and Hayter’s animated alter egos, the Fool and the Vassal; devoted subjects of a once compassionate but now despotic and extravagant King. Loosely based on King Lear, the monarch of the title is an allegory for a society in self-inflicted distress, not unlike our own. On their debut album As the Power Fails the King’s Will discuss challenges both global (climate change, the dangers of ‘group-think’, devious marketing ploys) and personal (resilience in the face of adversity, ill-fated romance, personal growth).