Declaration of Dependence

by Kings of Convenience

Declaration of Dependence cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 September 2009
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 45:25
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Robert J酶nnum, Erlend 脴ye, Eirik Glambek B酶e, Tobias Hett

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Breaking a five-year silence following their critically acclaimed 'Riot on an Empty Street', the Norwegian duo returns with an intensely stripped-back acoustic effort. Erlend 脴ye and Eirik Glambek B酶e consciously rejected external instrumentation, relying almost entirely on intricate dual-guitar fingerpicking and their signature, hushed vocal harmonies. The resulting tracks are remarkably intimate, capturing a warm, bossa nova-inflected pastoral calm.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, Folk, melodic, acoustic, folk, harmonies, male-vocals, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Mrs. Cold (3:06)
  2. Me In You (3:09)
  3. Boat Behind (3:41)
  4. Rule My World (3:32)
  5. My Ship Isn't Pretty (3:47)
  6. 24-25 (3:38)
  7. Renegade (4:16)
  8. Power Of Not Knowing (2:23)
  9. Peacetime Resistance (2:54)
  10. Freedom And Its Owner (3:23)
  11. Riot On An Empty Street (4:07)
  12. Second To Numb (3:37)
  13. Scars On Land (3:52)

Credits

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