"King Of The Dogs," the lead single from Iggy Pop's forthcoming album Préliminaires, was released digitally on May 5. Rolling Stone claims that “on this Big Easy-style single from his French-novel-inspired new disc, Ig gets his Tom Waits on.” Hmmm...

“King of the Dogs” was inspired by New Orleans style jazz, with an arrangement featuring trumpet, trombone and clarinet. “At one point, I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars banging out crappy music,” says Iggy. “I’ve started listening to a lot of New Orleans-era, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton type of jazz.”

Préliminaires, which will be released in the U.S. June 2nd (currently available for pre-order), was inspired by French author Michel Houellebecq’s 2005 novel The Possibility of an Island.

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