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| 4.0 excellent | ajcollins15 | June 22nd 21 |
It?s been a while since I last remember listening to the two-piece Norway-based band and probably for good reason. Their style of folk music was extremely oversaturated in the early to mid-2000s that it was hard to parse through what was worthy of a listen and which were just copying to Microphones. Kings of Convenience were always above most, but after a while the sound got tiring and I think that?s what led to the 10-year hiatus. However, on this new album the group brings back that style and sound, but beef it up a little more with some extremely sticky and catchy chord progressions. From the opening guitar strums of ?Rumors? to the violin-focused ?Rocky Trail,? you will be thrown into some of the sunniest and pristine set of folk tracks that very few artists can achieve. My only complaint is that some of the last few tracks on the album have the feeling of dragging on a bit too much compared to the rest of the album. Still, a great album to come back on and achieve greatness with.
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| 2.0 poor | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | January 27th 22 |
After 20 years of releasing albums, their band name has become unfortunately symbolic of their reluctance to progress. They always have and - if this album is any indication - always will choose only the most trite, convenient path of song-writing. Fifth album after a lengthy period and it still sounds like a collection of b-sides from their heyday.
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| 4.0 excellent | Foofightr2 | June 18th 21 |
The two songs with Feist are excellent. I get that the guys are dedicated to the duo format, yet
I really wish Feist would become a more official part of the group. She always shines when she
features on their songs.
The album overall is exactly what you'd expect from Kings of Convenience: gentle, breezy, and
incredibly pretty & pleasant sounding. On first listen, I especially liked "Rocky Trail," "Love
Is a Lonely Thing," "Fever," "Ask for Help," "Catholic Country," and "Washing Machine."
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| 2.5 average | HugoG | June 22nd 21 |
| 5.0 classic | benkim | May 28th 21 |
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