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Kings Of Convenience is a voice and guitar duo from Norway that draws
inspiration from Simon And Garfunkel's tender odes.
Kings Of Convenience (Kindercone, 2000) is a collection of gentle
folk songs like Toxic Girl and Surprise Ice. No revolution,
no evolution, just emulation.
Quiet Is The New Loud (Source, 2001), that shares six songs with the
debut and features the first shy piano, strings and drums, highlights what
is not intriguing about their music: a lack of development.
Versus (Virgin, 2001) is an album of remixes and unreleased tracks.
Riot on an Empty Street (Source, 2004) is neither intellectually
stimulating nor radio-friendly. Its songs seem to be mostly amateurish
attempts at writing songs, despite the catchy I'd Rather Dance with You.
They got rid of the drums on Declaration Of Dependence (2009),
a suave work whose songs lacked identity but created a holistic
experience.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Marco Pugliatti)
Kings of Convenience e` un duo norvegese di chitarra e voce
che trae ispirazione dalle delicate ballate di Simon and Garfunkel.
Kings Of Convenience (Kindercone, 2000) e` una raccolta
di brani folk garbati come Toxic Girl e Surprise Ice.
Nessun cambiamento, nessuna evoluzione, soltanto imitazione.
Quite is the new loud (Source, 2001), con sei canzoni del primo album
e caratterizzato dalla presenza dei primi timidi accenni di pianoforte,
archi e batteria, mette in risalto quello che non cattura della loro musica: la
mancanza di novit….
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