Makes you lie awake all through the night

An article about Kings of Convenience! Yay.

I was watching Almost Famous a few weeks ago, and during the scene when Anita, sister to our hero William, has her Simon & Garfunkel record confiscated by her mother, I couldn't help but think of the Kings of Convenience. How many "impressionable" minds have been opened to music through the gentle strains of Norway's almost-famous harmonizing duo? Most likely all those not claimed by the country's notorious black metal output.

One thing this article doesn't mention is that many of the folky, acoustic songs on Quiet is the New Loud ended up getting remixed by various people and released as a compilation called Versus, which, contrary to what you might think, came out *really* well. It's from that album that this week's two Kings tracks are taken. If you haven't heard them yet, well, you know what to do! :-)

I cannot wait until March 8 for my first chance to see them perform! That'll be one worth making the drive to the city for!