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Download: Mixtape No. 11.mp3
Mixtape by: Quentin
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Everything Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe (Kings Of Convenience) touches is pure gold. If you haven’t checked out their latest, Declaration of Dependence, it’s a real treat. If you have, then you know what I’m talking about. Here’s a great collaboration between the boys and the now deceased dub-house artist Erot (r.i.p. 1978-2001), titled “Gold For The Price Of Silver,” that hasn’t made its way out here in the blogosphere yet. This is actually one of my favorites by Øye & Bøe! |
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Alright so I know my posts have been pretty Kings of Convenience-centric lately, but I was making my semi-daily trip to the band’s extremely informative appreciation page and came across the video for the new album’s second single, “Mrs. Cold”, directed by François Néméta (he also directed the “Boat Behind” video). And here’s the latest song from Declaration KOC has posted on their Myspace, this one called “Scars On Land”. |
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| Here’s the single off Kings of Convenience’s newest album Declaration of Dependence set to release October 20th. |
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Head on over to Kings of Convenience’s Myspace page to hear previews of two songs off their new album Declaration of Dependence set to release October 20th through Virgin records. The two songs are titled “Boat Behind” and “Mrs. Cold”. I have a feeling these may be early demos of the songs, because they seem a little rough and unpolished. But regardless, fans of Kings of Convenience have been waiting to hear new material for nearly five years now, and these songs are an excellent indication of what we can expect come October. Here’s one of the many rumored tracklists floating around the web: |
Tracklist: 01. 24-25 02. Mrs Cold 03. Me In You 04. Boat Behind 05. Rule My World 06. My Ship Isn’t Pretty 07. Renegade 08. Power Of Not Knowing 09. Peacetime Resistance 10. Freedom And Its Owner 11. Riot On An Empty Street 12. Second To Numb 13. Scars On Land |
 The highly anticipated realease of Kings of Convenience’s first album in over 5 years is quickly approaching . . . |
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| The boys from Kings of Convenience released this postcard to their beloved fan-base last month by posting it directly onto the homepage of their website. It fills me with all kinds of excitement to hear that their 3rd album will finally release towards the end of September. Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe when paired together make up, in my opinion, two of the finest songwriters of this century. Or last century for that matter. If you haven’t listened to their first two albums Quiet is the New Loud (2001), and Riot On An Empty Street (2004), I highly recommend you give them a listen before this new album comes out. Youtube videos with concert footage from a 2008 show in Seoul, Korea featuring some of their new songs have been circulating the web for awhile now, below you’ll find one of my personal favorites.
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 From folk-pop to disco-jazz: Erlend Øye can do no wrong with The Whitest Boy Alive’s second full-length album Rules. |
| You may have first heard Erlend with Eirik Glambek Bøe as Kings of Convenience. For the last three years, Erlend has lead his disco-esque side project The Whitest Boy Alive. Their first album, Dreams, was released a little less than three years ago (Service 2006). Since then they’ve polished and perfected their sound, and switched labels for their newest release, Rules (Bubbles 2009). If you enjoyed Dreams’ stripped down sound, with its clean guitar tones and simple, dancy drum beats, there’s no doubt you’ll love Rules. The tightness of the trio’s guitar & bass riffs, with the simple, yet effective drum beats that gave Dreams its solid groove is still present in their latest release, and with the addition of a Rhodes piano, Øye and Co. have released a solid follow up. | |
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