Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Kings of Convenience: convenient lullabies to tuck you in


Pernah denger lagu-lagu dari daratan Skandinavia?
Salah satunya adalah band yang satu ini, Kings of Convenience [KoC]. Duo asal Norway.
Lagunya kayak gimana? Lucu dan unik.
So… simple. Mungkin mereka penganut filosofi macam ‘beauty lies in simplicity’ ato “less is more” ato… kayak mereka bilang di salah satu cover albumnya ‘quite is the new loud
One thing for sure, I think they want to remind us that life is beautiful in its simplicity.

Karena, believe it or not, lagu-lagu mereka itu begituuuu sederhana [mostly just two guitars and harmonic soften voices] dan… Indah mungkin ya? Ngedengerin satu album berasa lagi duduk dibawah langit malam yang bertaburan bintang, dihangatkan dengan nyala api unggun, satu mug kopi panas dan ditemani oleh dua orang laki-laki yang menyenandungkan ‘lullaby’ diiringi gitar.
Man… so lovely.
A perfect final fantasy to me.

Gw gak tau genrenya band ini apa. Scandinavian experimental-romantic-dreamy pop kalo gw bilang, hehehe [genre paan tuuuh!]. Bukan klasik ato boyband ato popicisan sih.
New kind of something I dare say.

Dijamin sih, kalo band ini mayoritas fansnya adalah perempuan, soalnya selaen musik yang mellow, lirik yang ‘loveable’, muka-muka mereka yang cupu itu juga cukup interesting untuk dinikmati, hehehe. Most of women kan suka sama yang mellow-jellow romanticholic gituh…

Kapan mereka ngeluarin album lagi ya?
Terakhir taon… 2004 kah? Well… hope it’s not a one hit wonder band aja, ya kan?
Susah emang ngeruk peminat musik ‘aneh’ begini. Walau musiknya romantis dan simple, nyernanya gak simple, hehehe……
Sayang pas mereka ke Indonesia, gw gak sempet nonton. Padahal baru-baru aja mereka mampir en manggung [di Bandung sih!!].

Bagi gw sih, Kings of Convenience…a definitely convenient. Pas banget sama judulnya… Kings of Convenience. They are really Kings in making you feel convenient.
Definitely recommended.
Cuma, ada satu saran sih, kalo dengerin lagu-lagu mereka, ada baenya sih jangan pas bawa mobil malem-malem di jalan tol Jagorawi. Alamat nyungsrep dah gara-gara terlalu merasa nyaman ^_^

Try to hear this one. Then you’ll know why Scandinavia is the next big thing in ‘music industry’.




Cayman Islands.by.Kings of Convenience


Through the alleyways to cool off in the shadows then into the street following the water,there's a bearded man paddling in his canoe looks as if he has come all the way from the Cayman islands. These canals, it seems, they all go in circles places look the same, and we're the only difference. The wind is in your hair, it's covering my view I'm holding on to you, on a bike we've hired until tomorrow.If only they could see, if only they had been here they would understand, how someone could have chosen to go the length I've gone, to spend just one day riding holding on to you, I never thought it would be this clear.


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Hmm…
Pikir dipikir, musik-musik daratan eropa itu emang lebih bervariasi dan menyenangkan telinga yak… Gak ngebosenin kayak American Industry… ^_^

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