Strange to think it’s around 5 years since Eirik Bøe and Erlend Øye last released a Kings Of Convenience album, ok we had Erlend’s DJ Kicks which I remember being a pretty sweet ride and his Whitest Boy Alive side project has kept us entertained even if their music will be forevermore associated here with taking a hard ass pummelling, but still whither the Kings?

Well guess what? They’re back! And you thought this post was just going absolutely nowhere. The new album of Scandi-folk loveliness ‘Declaration of Dependence’ hits the shops on October 19th with the lead single ‘The Boat Behind’, the lush video of which you can see above, preceeding it by a week.

Anyway if you’re in the UK you can catch them play live at the following establishments…

October 13th – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
October 14th – London, Barbican
October 15th – Warwick, Arts Centre