TO KILL A KING

Friends of Bastille and a new British folk/pop group that I have felt drawn to since the collab between Dan Smith and Ralph Pelleymounter on Bastille's "Other People's Heartache's" free cover album. Such a daunting band name, but I assure you they mean no harm. 

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To Kill a King hails from Leeds, England and are beginning to make a name for themselves in London. The band, though at the moment small, has such potential and they won me over with just a few chords in a cover song. 

There sound has a Mumford & Sons-esque feel to it, but something about them stands out. Maybe is the nonchalant voice of the vocalist with such pulsing passion or the simple chords that accompany each track which somehow make the song holistic and extravagant at the same time. Another thing that has made me love this band even more is their sense of community and their down-to-earth attitude that even emanates to someone from "across the pond." An acoustic video To Kill a King made with friends, who are each so brilliant, establishes such a fun and cool atmosphere where each voice and sound creates an immensely wonderful melody. All of the friends and musicians are so passionate and seem to love being among one another, which is so cool to see as a fan, but also awesome to see that music is created in a friendly environment, like doing this was something for fun (what a talented group of friends, right?) As a recent fan, I have loved coming across videos like this, and pulling out things from their musical past has been so fun and searching oldies is such a unique and sound experience for me, and I hope many people too. 

I am keeping this lovely band on my radar, soon enough they will sneak up and hit those charts hard. 

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