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King's Kaleidoscope are a faith-based chamber pop band from Seattle, Washington. Led by singer/songwriter Chad Gardner, the group formed in2010 at Mars Hill Church where Gardner was a worship leader. Looking for a big, orchestral indie pop sound, he slowly assembled the ten-piecegroup, handpicking players from within the church and developing their lush sound a bit more every week. Sporting a variety of influences frommath rock and hip-hop to the dense sound of Canadian indie outfit Broken Social Scene,King's Kaleidoscope recorded their first live EP, Sin, in2011. A year later, the studio EP A ...read more

King's Kaleidoscope are a faith-based chamber pop band from Seattle, Washington. Led by singer/songwriter Chad Gardner, the group formed in2010 at Mars Hill Church where Gardner was a worship leader. Looking for a big, orchestral indie pop sound, he slowly assembled the ten-piecegroup, handpicking players from within the church and developing their lush sound a bit more every week. Sporting a variety of influences frommath rock and hip-hop to the dense sound of Canadian indie outfit Broken Social Scene,King's Kaleidoscope recorded their first live EP, Sin, in2011. A year later, the studio EP Asaph's Arrows arrived and in late 2012 they issued the Christmas-themed EP Joy Has Dawned. In early2013,Gardner and the band announced they were leaving Mars Hill where they had been both worship leaders and artists on the church's label.Their fourth EP, 2014's Live in Color, was released byBad Christian Records, a label formed by Seattle post-hardcore band Emery. Working withboth Bad Christian and well-established indie Tooth & Nail, King's Kaleidoscope finally issued their debut LP, Becoming Who We Are, inNovember 2014. « hide

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