Friday 25 October 2013
Adv: £8 (+BF)
Support:
Keston Cobblers Club
Sun Giant
14+
NUS/Public
Doors: 7.30pm
Club
To Kill A King's sound begins with frontman Ralph Pelleymounter's acoustic songs. Around which, the band work in drums, bass, electric guitar, keyboards and other instruments, combining Pelleymounter's lyrical narrative with accompaniments ranging from tender instrumentals to climactic orchestral passages boasting strings, brass and five-part harmonies. This combination has been described as "Rousing orch-folk... Multi-layered songs complicated in structure but straight to the emotional point" by the Guardian, "Sky-scraping folk" by The Fly, whilst Mojo complimented their "Dark lyrical musings...matched by epic musical sensibilities".
To Kill A King released debut single 'Fictional State' in 2011. Since then, they have embarked on 2 UK headline tours and sold out Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, the Garage and XOYO (as part of Q Magazine's 'Now: The Sessions' series). Second single 'Bloody Shirt', from 2011's 'Crooked Saint EP', was iTunes single of the week, earning over 50,000 downloads, Radio 1 airplay from Zane Lowe and Huw Stevens, Radio 2 airplay from Nemone and was playlisting on XFM and Absolute Radio.
In 2012, To Kill A King came in to their own with the release of 'Word of Mouth EP', a collection of live recordings from their Fortress Studios lock up. Lead track 'Howling' receiving critical acclaim & the release culminated in a sellout show at London's Cargo. This was bookended by their program of 'Guerilla gigs' (Acoustic sets played nationwide in unusual and secret locations such as the DLR, river banks, shops, National Trust properties & train stations) & over 60 living room shows.
New album 'Cannibals with Cutlery', produced by Jim Abbiss (Adele, Bombay Bicycle Club), Charlie Hugall (Florence and the Machine, The Maccabees) and Andy Green (Keane, Paulo Nutini) was released in February, backed by the band's biggest single yet, 'Cold Skin'. Having gained a huge momentum, and a whole load of new fans at the summer festivals, the band head out on their first ever headline tour this October. Make sure you pick up your tickets for one of the hottest new acts around!
Support comes from foot stomping mod-folkers Keston Cobblers Club, who've recently been selling out their own headline dates in Manchester, Nottingham and London!