Boston and Washington, DC based six-piece Kingsley Flood released their first full-lenth Dust Windows in 2010, generating both critical acclaim and a passionate fan base. In 2011, the band issued the six-song EP Colder Still, with tracks that were touted by NPR, Esquire, and Paste.The band, described recently by the Boston Herald as a
“Rolling Thunder Revue with a punk rock sneer,” has supported Grace
Potter and Nocturnals, Angus and Julia Stone, Langhorne Slim, and Brett
Dennen, among others, and is a two-time winner at both the Boston Music
Awards and the Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll.
In 2013, Kingsley Flood has no plans to sit still. Battles, their
latest full-length (released Feb. 5), is the band’s most honed,
complex, and meaningful project to date. Recorded with producer Sam
Kassirer (Josh Ritter, Langhorne Slim, David Wax Museum) at Great North
Sound Society in rural Maine, Battles amplifies the band’s
pension for dynamics — rock songs that can fill music halls, quiet songs
that sound two feet away.The resulting sound blends Dylan-esque
storytelling, Kinks-inspired melodies, and the urgency of the
Clash. With songs inspired by everyone from delusional dictators to
spray-tanned politicians to laid-off workers trying to get back on their
feet, Battles winds a deliberate path from self doubt (opener
“Don’t Change My Mind”) to quiet determination (closer “This Will Not Be
Easy”).The band is:
- Naseem Khuri: vocals, rhythm guitar
- Jenée Morgan: violin, saxophone, vocals
- Chris Barrett: trumpet, keys, percussion, vocals
- George Hall: lead guitar, vocals
- Nick Balkin: bass, vocals
- Travis Richter: drums, percussion
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