Yet another Kings of Convenience single has been going around the Internet in the last weeks before the release of their new album Declaration of Dependence. They have begun touring in Europe but no Canadian tour dates have been posted yet, although their postcard to the fans promised there would be. The album will be officially released October 20th, 2009 and a full track list can be found below.
Kings of Convenience – Boat Behind

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01 24-25
02 Mrs. Cold
03 Me in You
04 Boat Behind
05 Rule My World
06 My Ship Isn’t Pretty
07 Renegade
08 Power of Not Knowing
09 Peacetime Resistance
10 Freedom and Its Owner
11 Scars on Land
12 Second to Numb
13 Riot on an Empty Street

Above is a screengrab of a postcard sent to fans from Kings of Convenience announcing an upcoming album and corresponding tour. This is great news for anyone in Montreal who has been waiting for another show since 2006! Here’s a new single which has also been floating around the internet to give you a taste of what’s to come. More of the same, great vocal harmonies and guitar melodies.

Kings of Convenience – Mrs. Cold (zshare)

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I’ve been a Kings of Convenience fan for a number of years now (unfortunately they haven’t been in this city since 2005 and I missed them) but that is neither here nor there. I think the first song that actually got me into them was that Last Christmas Wham cover I posted a few weeks ago and I immediately noticed that they have all sorts of side projects going on.

Erlend Øye did a solo album in 2003 called Unrest and he’s instantly recognizable on a more than a few tracks on the Röyksopp album Melody A.M. I had heard about the Whitest Boy Alive a few times but I kept putting it off for some reason. I just scrobbled them with my last.fm player that my roommate just convinced me to download and I have to say, they are more than good. Great some might even say. By the way here is my last.fm profile page if you want to pry in on my personal listening habits at any hour of the day or night.

Whitest Boy Alive – Burning (zshare)

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Whitest Boy Alive – Island (zshare)

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Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage [Fred Falke Remix] (zshare)

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