The Kings don’t play (word) games. Declaration Of Dependence‘s first track to get a video comes right out with it: “So we meet again, after several years of separation.” Five of them, actually, a period of time that saw Erlend Øye prove there was no one whiter (or into sparse, heavy-lidded funk) while a gradually intensifying clamor built for his and Eirik Glambek Bøe’s anything-but-intensifying, silken folk. For their part they bridged the gap with reports of progress and postcards from Bergen, but it was the Kings’ first show in NYC in ages (Feist in tow) that was the real reunion. That and this clip, which sees the two picking up irresistible hitchhikers in a car cruising with a, yup, boat behind. OK so maybe they do play word games.
Declaration Of Dependence is out 10/20 via Virgin.
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Unfortunately the video doesn’t show that, when they arrived in Mexico City (after having smoked some joints and spent a little fun time at a bordello) they left the brunette behind when she developed dysentery.
Great track. Sounds like a perfect fall soundscape.
I’ve been digging on this album for a couple of weeks. There isn’t much diversity, but it’s consistently good. Would like to see some US tour dates.
Who knocked the Kerouac reference?