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Kings of Convenience

Norwegian folk duo

Kings of Convenience is an indie folk duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.

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Kings of Convenience
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a band
from
Bergen
since
1999
on the air here
21 songs

File card: Kings of Convenience

members: Erlend Øye

formed in: Bergen

labels: EMI, Astralwerks

genres: folk music

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History

Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on 21 November and Bøe on 25 October) and have known each other since they met in the same class at school. Their first musical collaboration was a comedic rap about a teacher. At sixteen, they played together in the band Skog ("forest") with two other friends, releasing one EP, Tom Tids Tale, before breaking up and later forming the Kings duo.

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Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricately subtle guitar melodies. Both Øye and Bøe sing in their tracks, and both of them compose. Also known as: King Of Convenience, King of Convenience, The Kings Of Convenience, 好自在樂團 From Discogs (free to use). Their entry

Liner notes

Kings of Convenience, the records, oldest first
  1. Toxic Girl
    1999 ep
  2. Playing Live in a Room
    2000 ep
  3. Kings of Convenience
    2000 album
  4. Quiet Is the New Loud
    2001 album
    on the air
  5. Magic in the Air
    2001 ep
  6. Riot on an Empty Street
    2004 album
    on the air
  7. Declaration of Dependence
    2009 album
  8. Peace or Love
    2021 album
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Kings of Convenience on the air

Side A: on Broken Record Radio

  1. Toxic Girl
  2. Cayman Islands
  3. Failure
  4. Gold In the Air of Summer
  5. Homesick
  6. I Don't Know What I Can Save You From
  7. I'd Rather Dance With You
  8. Leaning Against the Wall
  9. Little Kids
  10. Live Long
  11. Love Is No Big Truth
  12. Misread
  13. Parallel Lines
  14. Singing Softly to Me
  15. Sorry or Please
  16. Stay Out of Trouble
  17. Surprise Ice
  18. The Girl from Back Then
  19. The Passenger
  20. The Weight of My Words
  21. Winning a Battle, Losing the War

Underlined songs have their story further down.

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Toxic Girl

2001 single by Kings of Convenience

"Toxic Girl" is a single by the Norwegian indie rock duo Kings of Convenience. It was released in 2001, and peaked at 44 on the UK singles chart.

It was released in three formats in the United Kingdom by Astralwerks.

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