Earth-Angel Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Kings of Convenience These guys are a great little groovy, relaxing, smooth, funky group I recently discovered and I love their mellow tunes. They're Norweigan and have this cool, retro, funky air about them. I love the tracks "I'd rather dance with you" and "Cayman Islands". When I first heard them I immediately thought Modern Simon & Garfunkel. Their new album is Riot on an empty street, that's the one I'm listening to but their debut is just as brilliant! There will be few album titles which are more apposite than Kings Of Convenience's debut given the current trend for spare, acoustic albums at the moment. This Norwegian duo rely almost solely on guitars (steel, acoustic and electric) and harmonies to get their message across; it's been done before of course but rarely with such a keen ear for melody. It is difficult to pick out individual moments as the album works best as a whole but if one is forced to, listen to the delightfully doleful steel guitar intro to recent single 'Failure' or the vocal twists employed by main vocalist Eirik Glambek Boe on 'I Don't Know What I Can Save You From'. There's incredibly no mediocre tracks on 'Quiet Is The New Loud' but best of all is the final track 'Parallel Lines' which stakes a claim for sadness being the new happiness (sample lyric of romantic longing: "In my imagination you are cast in gold. Your image a compensation for me to hold."). It is the overall quality of the album which make nearest soundalikes Simon and Garfunkel seem like incredibly naive young pretenders. I'm listening to them as I type this and they are so easy-going and so listenable, and really make you wanna just sing along and nod your head in a "feeling groovy" kind of way Quiet Is The New Loud 01 Winning A Battle, Losing The War 02 Toxic Girl 03 Singing Softly To Me 04 I Don't Know What I Can Save You From 05 Failure 06 The Weight Of My Words 07 The Girl From Back Then 08 Leaning Against The Wall 09 Little Kids 10 Summer On The Westhill 11 The Passenger Have a listen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisha Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I had a listen and they do sound a lot like Simon & Garfunkel. I might have to go to Borders so I can listen to the whole album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted April 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Oh goodie! I've had "I'd rather dance with you" on repeat for the last hour and have watched the music video about 7 times today already! :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted May 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 I love the description RealPlayer gives for these guys: Hushed indie-folk for the shy and bespectacled. Wistful harmonies provide the perfect soundtrack for buttoning a cardigan to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masoleumrent Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 yeah, im a fan, i was onto them straight away with their first single 'Winning the battle, losing the war' and then 'toxic girl' (which has a great coverbadly drawn boys excellent track - 'once around the block' on the b-side) the new album 'riot on an empty street' is excellent. that single 'id rather dance with you" is excellent, really catchy.....they've got great melodies.....here's hoping they get some recognition for their good work "i opened my eyes, and to my suprise....there were arabs with knives at the foot of the bed......Right at the foot of the bed" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy the Hatter Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Hmm...i'll look out for them! I might just like them! and the guy without the glasses is hot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 I'd rather dance, I'd raaaaather dance than, talk with yooo do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do (x4) I'd rather dance with you tink ti tink tink ti tink ti tink tink ti tink ti tink tink tink tink tink tink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted May 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 "I'd rather dance with you than talk with you. So why don't we just move into the other room.. Space for us to shake and hey! I like this tuuuuune..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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