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King Of Spain
Alternative / Rock / Indie

"Awesome" 8/10 NME



London (Balham)
United Kingdom

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Member Since12/5/2005
Band Websitekingofspain.co.uk
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Bayly Pike - Vocals/Guitar

Tom Fleming - Guitar/Vocals

Adrian Mills - Bass/Vocals

Paul Denley - Drums/Percussion


email: kingofspainmusic@hotmail.com

press: alix@darlinguk.com


InfluencesThe Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, Pavement
Sounds LikeBBC Introducing with Tom Robinson on 6music

"...welcome King Of Spain with open arms...this album stands as a homage to a great school of underground indie...awesome." NME 8/10

"Bright, jangly, thoughtful indie music that gets better and better with every listen. They have an LP out now called 'Battleships And Aeroplanes' on Shifty Disco records, which you'll be playing over and over again until everyone you know is sick of it and doesn't like you anymore." William Ravenscroft

"How am i going to describe this music? It's genius, no doubt, but what in the world does it sound like? Sea shanty rock? The Libertines take a holiday to the seashore? It defies description." Rocksellout.com

"All in all a promising debut. Catchy varied tuneage coupled with lyrics that don’t make you wince. The King is dead, long live the king" Subba-Cultcha 4/5

"Playing a weird mix of indie rock and sea shanties, these guys are sort of like a British Decemberists, and are definitely one to watch" Spoonfed.co.uk

"It is King of Spain whose star burns the brightest" Gigwise.com

"Indie rock crossed with Johnny Cash with a grunge Ian Botham on bass - awesome!" Myriad Creatures

"As close to underground indie-dom as you can get" Musicomh.com

"These four blokes from South London have captured that raw Britishness of a Libertines record better than twenty other bands who were trying harder could do" Bearded Magazine

Record LabelShifty Disco (UK)
Volvox Music (France)
Type of LabelIndie


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Nov 11 2009 8:00P
flux=rad @ 12 Bar Club London
Nov 20 2009 4:00P
London Calling Festival Amsterdam
Dec 17 2009 8:00P
flux=rad Xmas Special @ the Windmill London, London and South East

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   About King Of Spain
King Of Spain are a four piece hailing from Balham, South London. Their much anticipated debut album 'Battleships and Aeroplanes' is out now on pioneering Oxford label Shifty Disco.
Album track Bacon, which is a jangly and quirky song about childhood ambitions, has been selected by William Ravenscroft, (son of the late great John Peel) as one of his gems of 2008 and has already received airplay on Tom Robinson’s BBC 6 Music show this year.
King Of Spain, who have been together for 3 years, were featured on ShiftyDisco10, a triple CD compilation album celebrating the Indie label’s tenth birthday back in 2007. Throughout January 2009 they will be taking the A&R reigns on the Shifty Disco Download Club which means they are choosing all the weekly releases.
They also run 'flux=rad', a night at London's legendary 12 Bar Club, aimed at showcasing the best in lo-fi/alternative music.

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