The Killing of Eugene Peeps

An ode to Giallo, 70’s crime flicks and French new wave cinema; The Killing of Eugene Peeps is Bastien Keb’s third album. It is an imagined score of downbeat anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, psychedelic-folk, and warped soliloquies.

Originally made in three parts: film score, soundtrack, and incidental music; the record develops in a dream-like state, with a narrator periodically guiding the listener between songs of longing and regret - "I always wanted more, I always hoped there was more".

The sequencing of The Killing of Eugene Peeps unfolds akin to a film. Songs like "Lucky (The Oldest Grave)", "Rabbit Hole", "Alligator", and mid-album rap tangent "Paprika" suggest they would soundtrack key set-piece moments.

Evocative instrumental passages shift and link moods and themes between them; from brief minimal-jazz meanders ("Murmurs"), psychedelic funk ("Street Clams"), to ethereal romanticism ("All That Love In Your Heart").

Throughout, the mysterious narrator in turn lends clarity and ambiguity to the story, monologuing his deepest thoughts over the distant soundtrack of a late-night band and noises leaking from the outside world.