BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//http://www.live4music.com.sg/-event-137//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.4// VERSION:2.0 FILENAME:kings-of-convenience-live-in-singapore.ics BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20120526T000212UTC-5283jVdGSe@http://www.live4music.com.sg/-event-137 DTSTAMP:20120526T000212Z DESCRIPTION:Tickets: \n\nStandard - S$80\, S$60\, S$40\nVIP Box - S$80\n\n� ��Bøe and Øye’s gossamer harmonies entwine around each other with nimb le grace... they’ve never sounded quite as effortless – or as intuitiv e – as they do here.” – BBC.co.uk\n\n“…a series of strangely gor geous\, breezy tunes from two awkward Norwegians who continue to remind us that love can be confusing\, joy dark and pain very beautiful.” - Filte r\n\nKings of downtempo\, Kings of Convenience\, after a five-year hiatus\ , have come up with a new long-awaited release that is sending fans into q uiet raptures with its collection of softer-than-ever hushed-folk-pop tune s delivered with just two voices\, two guitars and the occasional piano pl ink.\n\nIt’s been almost five years since Norwegian duo and unlikely lea ders of the early 2000s’ New Acoustic Movement the Kings of Convenience unleashed a quiet storm internationally with its second album of soft acou stic folk-pop\, Riot on an Empty Street. And against expectations that its third and newest album would weave in the duo’s more flamboyant half Er lend Øye’s house and techno interests\, Declaration of Dependence sees the Kings going even softer\, darker and sparser.\n\nThere is also a new h onesty\, emotional depth and maturity in this album. In the five years tha t have passed\, Eirik Glambæk Bøe has become a father and Erlend has liv ed in Berlin fronting dance-pop band Whitest Boy Alive. Last but not least \, the two\, both now back home in their hometown of Bergen\, have come to grips with their differences and their dependence on each other as a musi cal duo. These rites of passage now see the duo bringing to their latest c ollaboration in Declaration of Dependence a new assuredness\, sharper song writing\, a deeper lyricism and an autobiographical candour.\n\n“What we build is bigger than the sum of two” goes haunting album opener 24-25\, followed by “So we meet again after several years\, several years of se paration. Moving on\, moving around… Did we spend this time chasing each other’s tail?” in the jaunty Boat Behind\, amidst a collection of una dorned\, often bossa-nova-tinged and always emotionally-nuanced songs fill ed with confessions and reflections on everyday life\, loss\, politics\, m aking music\, romantic and bromantic relationships\, a collection that see ms a “quiet protest against loneliness”.\n\nFans of the Kings will\, d oubtless\, be thrilled with this new material from the Kings. But non-fans with a penchant for quiet melancholy\, Simon-and-Garfunkelish vocal harmo nies\, thoughtful lyrics and simple\, subtle\, finely-turned melodies will find themselves similarly caught in a dreamy thrall in this intimate King s concert of delicately poised\, pared-down dual guitar and soft vocals si nging of grownup realities and dreams with the bittersweet hush of an autu mn’s rainy day.\n\nPurchase your tickets here: http://www.sistic.com.sg/ cms/events/index.html?contentCode=kings0310\n\nThis is a Public event\, 1 Attendees (at time of iCal export)\n\nLocation: Esplanade Concert Hall\n\n Singapore\nSingapore\n\nGenerated: Sat\, 26 May 12 00:02:12 +0000@http://w ww.live4music.com.sg//events/profile/137 DTSTART:20100318T193000 LOCATION:Esplanade Concert Hall ORGANIZER:MAILTO:yuda10@msn.com SUMMARY:Kings of Convenience Live in Singapore URL:http://www.live4music.com.sg//events/profile/137 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR