I Was A King recently performed “Norman Bleik” on the Norwegian talkshow “Store Studio”. Click the picture to see it!

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Sven Ove Bakke, reviewer in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, recently awarded I Was A King with 6/6. Read it here (in Norwegian), or check out our (as close as we got) translation below.


TO HEAVEN IN HALF AN HOUR

January has become a classic month of strong, Norwegian indie-rock releases. Lionheart Brothers and Lukestar have over the two past years been the first ones out of the start blocks, but with records that have held their grip around the critics until the end of the year. I Was A King follows this tradition and can bang it’s chest with being the first brilliant Norwegian record of the music-year 2009. Or for that matter, the first brilliant record regardless of nationality.
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