Kings of Convenience

Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricate and subtle guitar melodies. Øye and Bøe both compose and sing the songs.





挪威在北歐 國旗長這樣XD







History (有興趣可以加減看一下 哈哈)

Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on November 21 and Bøe on October 25) and have known each other since they met while participating in a geography contest at the age of 10. At sixteen, they played together in the band Skog ("forest") with two other friends, releasing one EP, Tom Tids Tale, before breaking up and later forming the Kings duo.

The twosome were signed to the American label Kindercore after appearing in European festivals during the summer of 1999. After a spell living in London in 2001, they released their debut album Quiet Is the New Loud. The album was produced by Coldplay producer Ken Nelson. The album was very successful and even lent its name to a small movement of musicians in the pop underground (including acoustic contemporaries such as Turin Brakes) which took Belle & Sebastian and Simon and Garfunkel as their inspiration and focused on more subtle melodies and messages.

Versus, an album of remixes of tracks from Quiet Is the New Loud, came out shortly after. After this breakthrough year, not much was heard from the band. Øye spent the next few years living in Berlin and doing solo material, releasing music under the DJ Kicks series as well as a solo album titled Unrest. He also has a side project named The Whitest Boy Alive.

It was not until 2004 that the Kings' follow-up Riot on an Empty Street was released. The video made for "I'd Rather Dance With You," the second single from the album, topped MTV's European list as the best music video of 2004. The album also featured contributions by Leslie Feist.

The band had a period of inactivity, which led to speculations that they had stopped working together. On March 7, 2007 however, the duo played a one-off concert in Mexico City. There was also a concert scheduled for March 6, but it had to be cancelled, because Erlend had a problem with "Montezuma's Revenge" and was not feeling well. They played two concerts on March 7 and announced they were going to start work on their new album in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In January 2008 the band played concerts in the Northern Norwegian cities of Tromsø, Svolvær and Bodø, and Swedish city Umeå along with a concert in August in Stockholm.

Most recently, the band toured North America and Europe, including stops in Boston, New York, Toronto, Detroit; European stops include Italy, Switzerland and Spain. On some of their American tour stops they appeared with the band 'Franklin for Short' who joined them on stage for a few rousing numbers.

The third album, called Declaration of Dependence, was released on October 20, 2009.





Quiet Is the New Loud [2001]



Track listing

Riot on an Empty Street [2004]



Track listing

我超喜歡這張的封面(右邊那位超帥)跟歌曲－／／／－

Homesick, Misread, Cayman Islands, I'd Rather Dance with You  都很好聽:D

Declaration of Dependence [2009]



Track listing







以上資料來自http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Convenience



官網 http://www.kingsofconvenience.org

這可以下載一些音樂 但都儲存在"暫時資料夾" (我不知道在哪裡=3=)

話說裡面的文字用的是挪威文..



http://www.myspace.com/kingsofconvenience







連結全都是MV  大多都不能嵌入



Misread  兩個都必看!!!!!!!

Toxic Girl

Failure

Cayman Islands

I'd rather dance with you





第一次接觸這樣的音樂，很柔很舒服很悠哉是一大重點

而且很適合拿來進入夢鄉使用 哈哈哈







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