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Gold for the Price of Silver(04:54)
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Boat Behind(03:40)
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Me in You(03:08)
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Failure(03:32)
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Singing Softly to Me(03:06)
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- The Weight of My Words(04:07)
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The Girl From Back Then(02:29)
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- Failure (Alfie version)(03:38)
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- Cayman Islands(03:02)
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Parallel Lines(03:58)
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Homesick(03:13)
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Stay Out of Trouble(05:04)
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Leaning Against the Wall(03:17)
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Kings of Convenience bio
Kings of Convenience are a music duo formed in Bergen, Norway, playing a style that features acoustic instrumental playing and their two voices. The band consists of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe. They met as children at a geography competition. They are known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricately subtle guitar melodies.
Erlend and Eirik live in Bergen,... Norway.
After first earning notice thanks to a series of acclaimed European festival appearances during the summer of 1999, the twosome signed to American label Kindercore to issue their lovely eponymous debut the following spring. Quiet Is the New Loud was issued in early 2001 on Astralwerks. The album used many of the same tracks from the Kindercore release but re-ordered them and replaced a few with newer songs. The remix album Versus followed later in the year and featured remixes by artists as diverse as Ladytron, avid Whitaker and Four Tet. After a three year layoff during which Øye recorded a solo album, 2003's Unrest, and gained some reknown as an electronica DJ while Bøe worked on finishing up his psychology degree, the pair teamed up again for the recording and Full bioRead more
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