Kings of Convenience played for 1600 people at the Esplanade in Singapore March 16 2006. The sold out event received very good critics both by the audience and by the press.
22/03/2006 :: Kings of Convenience
Norway
16 Mar 05, Thu, 7.30pm, Concert Hall, Esplanade
Bergen-based indie-pop duo Eirik Glambek Boe and Erlend Øye are Kings of Convenience. These goldsmiths of a bucolic brand of pop were thrust into the public eye in 2001 with a magnificent debut album Quiet is the New Loud. The album sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide, garnered strong reviews and earned them a cult following. The duo is credited for spearheading the New Acoustic Movement, in the tradition of Simon and Garfunkel and Nick Drake. Fans of Belle & Sebastian and Elliott Smith would likewise be seduced by these sweater-clad dreamers.
Often described as having "seamless voices and delicate lush lyrics", Kings of Convenience display an impressive maturity and disregard of things mainstream rarely seen in young bands today. The duo has toured the world to sold-out concerts at festivals such as Montreux Jazz Festival 2004. That same year, they released their second album Riot on an Empty Street. The album's first single, I'd Rather Dance with You topped MTV Europe's list of 2004's best music videos.
Bergen, Norway, has been dubbed the "new Seattle" with the recent surge of indie bands bringing their style of music to the rest of the world. This will be Kings of Convenience's first tour to Asia, and the stage is set for a night of acoustic guitars, piano melodies, twin vocal harmonies, and the melancholic songs that go straight to the heart.