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Flu Claims Kings Of Convenience Tour

Flu season means from now until about April, many people are going to fall ill with everything from stuffy noses to pukey stomachs. Some of those people are musicians, which is likely going to mean tour cancellations. That's exactly why Kings Of Convenience have reportedly cancelled their North American tour. Although there's not been an...
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Kings Of Convenience — Declaration Of Dependence

At this point, it probably shouldn't come as any surprise that Declaration Of Dependence, Kings Of Convenience's third album, sounds exactly the same as the band's two previous studio releases. The Norwegian duo of Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe have built their career thus far on constructing quiet songs based around their dual harmonies and...
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Kings Of Convenience — Declaration Of Dependence

OK, so they sound less like Simon & Garfunkel this time around, but this is still really, really boring and it's a good thing I bought coffee this morning.
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Kings Of Convenience — "Mrs. Cold"

Kings Of Convenience's second video for a track from the upcoming Declaration Of Dependence sees Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe sitting in the middle of a country square while four separate artists sketch them. You can watch the video for "Boat Behind" here. Declaration Of Dependence is out Oct. 20.
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Kings Of Convenience — "Boat Behind"

Kings Of Convenience's Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe are out for a drive when they pick up some women who want to hitch rides. This carefree, hippie-ish video doesn't show you the other side of hitchhiking, though... you know, the one where the hitchhiker ends up being a serial killer. It does have a boat, though. "Boat Behind"...
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Kings Of Convenience Profess Their Love For Feist

When you coo in hushed tones about love and loss, gently plucking at acoustic guitars and in effect, become a purveyor of a soft-pop movement that began with your acclaimed debut album, Quiet Is The New Loud, you tend to appear slight — especially when you're from a country known for its black metal. Yet even though the Norwegian duo of...
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