Their second album, 'Riot On An Empty Street' picks up where 'Quiet Is The New Loud' left off. Recorded over the last six months in Bergen, with periodic visits from ex-patriot Erlend - Riot contains more complex arrangements tWith You', 'Know How,' 'Love Is No Big Truth' or first single 'Misread', every track sounds like an old friend coming home to you.

"It's quite style schizophrenic," adds Eirik "We're each inspired by different things so it can be a little confusing, but that seems to be a modern phenomenon, people don't know what genre to put themselves in."

"I'm looking forward to everyone saying it's not as good as the first album," laughs Erlend, "It's funny because two of the songs are from 1998, so it's us, covering us from five years ago," he adds.

The Kings were joined in the studio by hotly tipped Canadian songstress Feist, who appears on two of the albums twelve tracks, the bossa-fuelled 'Know How' where she assists Eirik, and the album's closing track 'The Build Up'- where she duets with Erlend in what is one of the Kings' most stark and beautifully emotive tracks, a rare moment captured in time. Both were big fans of her much-fabled "Red Demos" and she melds perfectly amidst them, bringing an air of added suspense and emotion and of course her majestic voice. "Her voice is amazing", gushes Erlend, "I'm very proud of the 'Build Up', for the first time ever we managed to do something spontaneous, Feist wrote the words an hour before she sung them, and it doesn't sound like anything else we've ever done."

So there you have it. Kings Of Convenience - 2004. A therapist and a superstar singing DJ, an odd couple, but still the best (old) new acoustic band in the world. 'Riot On An Empty Street,' forms their very own republic of two, principality of Eirik and Erlend. A great place to visit again and again.

2003 release composed by the Scandinavian black metal act for the original motion picture soundtrack of the film Svidd Neger. 16 tracks. Jester. 2003.

The strange, stray birds of the black metal branch fly off into another metamorphosis. ‘Blood Inside’ sees Ulver’s evolution moving on a grand scale. Gaining much experience throughout the five years between their last proper studio album, ‘Perdition City’, and this emergency-room excursion, ‘Blood Inside’ offers more vocals, more variety and infinite interpretations. 9 surgically precise shapeshifts, performed with a wide array of instruments and unorthodox operational techniques. Black sheep? Never. Wolves prey upon sheep.
Written, performed and produced by Ulver, with a little help from legendary producer/mixer/artist Ronan Chris Murphy (King Crimson’s preferred audio pilot). Includes a video clip. All hail the new pope!
If you’re new, come see why this band has been nominated for a Grammy in Norway twice. If you’re a follower, expect a brand new Ulver...again..

Kings of Convenience 继 2004年的 Riot on the Empty Street 后久违的新专辑！
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Kings Of Convenience：今年秋日 (MCB)
毋庸置疑挪威卑尔根New Acoustic组合Kings Of Convenience的第三张专辑《Declaration of Dependence》是叫乐迷们望穿秋水、引颈以待而来，毕竟这是他们睽违五载的回归专辑。 上次出版《Riot On An Empty Street》，已是2004年初的事了。
Eirik Glambek Bøe与Erlend Øye分道扬镳多年，人所共知是因为他们在音乐取向与兴趣上出现了分歧，于是这几年间宁可各行其是、各自各展开活动。 二人再次走在一起灌录《Declaration of Dependence》，因为他们学懂了如何去找出共悉与作出处理。
听了《Declaration of Dependence》已有一个星期了，那就俨如一张为配合今年秋日而推出的浓浓秋意专辑。 依然是很Kings Of Convenience的Acoustic-Folk唱片，淡淡然的憩静谐和情感，而且今次更整张唱片都没有用上任何鼓击。 有「21世纪Simon & Garfunkal」之称的Eirik和Erlend，开场曲〈24-25〉即展示出二人无懈可击的一高一低温婉二重唱。 今次在专辑内，还以文字剖释他们的合唱方式。
〈Rule my World〉和〈Second to Numb〉都是他们的清雅怡人小品，Bossa Nova的便有单曲〈Mrs. Cold〉和〈Freedom and its Owner〉。 而另一单曲〈Boat Behind〉和〈Peacetime Resistance〉在中提琴伴奏下则换上古雅的Chamber-Pop情怀。
可发觉《Declaration of Dependence》乃减少了以往Kings Of Convenience的温暖窝心情味，而泛着冷静的氛围，所以〈My Ship Isn't Pretty〉、〈Renegade〉、〈Power of not Knowing〉都是如斯幽悒而美丽的歌曲。
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