Kings Of Convenience

It's doubtful the Kings of Convenience have spent much time in their lives listening to the Stooges or the MC5 -- and that's OK. This kind of fragile, winsome pop should not be exposed to such things. The dual harmonies, the soft 'n' easy acoustic guitars, and the occasional dive into lush piano pop speak to the reflective romantic in us all.

The Norwegian Simon and Garfunkel build their Bookends such clever boys! with this
album's wondrous opener, "Homesick," Norway's Kings of Convenience have created the
acoustic equivalent of an M.C. Escher drawing, as Erlend Oye plays a distracted clerk in
love with the song he inhabits. "I'll lose some sales, and my boss won't be happy/But I can't
stop listening to the sound of two soft voices blended in perfection," Oye sings, j... More >