Electric Roulette (UK) states that the fuzzjangle period is upon us, starting with I Was A King. It’s noisy-as-hell… yet dipped in honey.
Let this LP into your life and you’ll feel sonic sun all up in your earholes. It really is a cracking little album. Buy it, first chance you get.
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I Was A King’s eponymous titled album gets a full release in the UK on February 7th, this 7″ includes a new version of album track ‘Not Like This’ and a cover of Guided by Voices’ ‘Your Name Is Wild’.
Order the 7″ from Rough Trade
MOJO has found some Norwegians with a yen for pre-Britpop noise-pop.
Music Week has found an emerald in a mountain of coal.
Sonic Cathedral releases some absolute gems while those of us of a certain age await a Nineties revival in the next decade.
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November 19th, Norwegian I Was A King goes on stage with fellow Nordic acts TV Off (FIN), Kira Kira (ICE) and Francis (SWE). The evening is curated by BBC Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, and launches the Nordic monthly club night ‘Ja Ja Ja’. An important criterium for being shortlisted is an actual export potential for the UK market.
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I Was A King release their debut UK single as a seven-inch and download through Sonic Cathedral Recordings on November 16.
It’s now possible to pre-order “Norman Bleik / She’s My Best Friend” here.
October 21st Oh My Rockness and Oya Festival present Norway vs. the USA at Santos Party House (NY)!
10:15pm: Cymbals Eat Guitars
09:30pm: I Was A King
08:45pm: Deastro
08:00pm: Ungdomskulen
07:15pm: Free Energy
Doors: 6:30pm
18+
Free with CMJ Badge/$15 without
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I Was A King live at Norwegian Museum of Science & Technology.
Rave Magazine (Brisbane, Australia) is blended by I was a King’s aplomb, shiny ramshackle.
It’s certainly true that frontman Frode Stromstad creates classic, chunky power-pop melodies, but there’s something loose and slightly anarchic about the band’s approach. (…) The combination of three-minute nuggets with brief flashes of experimentation, or potential tour-de-forces stripped down to under one minute, brings to mind both Guided By Voices and Apples In Stereo.
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