King Pari (Joe Paris Christensen and Cameron Kinghorn) are back with their new single and video “Better The Devil” from their upcoming debut LP with Stones Throw. The track is “about a dance with the devil, the inability to say no to the familiar vices that have the potential to go too far, based on the saying “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t,” Cameron says.
Stream King Pari – “Better The Devil”
“Better The Devil” follows the duo’s debut track “Wait A Minute”, which is now available as a 7″ with another new song “Somethin’ Somethin” exclusively available on the B-side.
Joe and Cameron had been playing in the same Twin Cities scenes for years, but when Joe sent Cameron a new tune he’d whipped up on a tape machine, something clicked. “This sounds like how my brain feels,” Cameron said. That session grew into the first King Pari song.
The band’s Minneapolis funk pedigree anchors their music. Both Joe and Cameron played alongside some of Prince’s closest associates, and Joe’s previous band was among the last that Prince personally invited to play at Paisley Park. They’ve also been tapped into the national funk and jazz scenes from the beginning – King Pari’s first gig was opening for Kamasi Washington, before they’d even landed on a name.
Stay tuned for more new music from King Pari coming soon.
