King Antics are London’s new recruits to the new wave scene; and they’re taking no prisoners. Their sound isn’t for the faint hearted, echo heavy, reverb hugging. The drums pound away like a time bomb, ready for the expected bombastic crescendo of crash cymbals circulating around protractor-angled guitars. Similar to Wild Palms in their aesthetic, reference points lead to all the right places. ‘Low Heat’ is PiL fuelled madness, ‘Liars’ is a synth orientated track with heavy bass line and with spoken word reminiscent of The Fall at their bleakest. In short, post-Punk darkness played by two English lads and an Italian.??Originally two members were in another band which imploded after some messy inter group relations, yet they’re back in a three piece now, ready to take on the capital again with their slogan of: “we just start fires and then we run away.” After some digestion of Spice Girls records, vocalist cum guitarist ‘J’ soon came across his parents’ copies of ‘Graceland’ and Talking Heads records, soaking in the African rhythms of the former (tribal artefacts are used in place of band photos on their MySpace), and the industrial feel of the latter. With only a handful of gigs under their belt it’s still early doors for King Antics, but they’re a band which help sum up the current sound which has blossomed across the country; dark, epic and brutal. You’ll surrender yourself to life imprisonment, if forever surrounded by the haunting tones of ‘Lights Over Left’.
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Nick Burman, is a young, aspiring and talented writer who from an early age has been keeping his ear to the ground finding new and interesting acts and perfecting his writing skills. The first of his updates in 2010 Nick gives us his review on one of the latest bands he thinks you should give a moment of your time: King Antics, but watch this space as next up from Nick is his low down on Napoleon Rags…coming soon.
good to see you guys are back!!!
that was quite a christmas holiday
Indeed it was..its been a busy few weeks! But dont worry it was all in an effort to make what we do even bigger and better…watch this space, and thanks for continuing to log on to conversemusic.co.uk
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the real story about these guys it’s quite different. They are all 3 italians and all of them used to be in a band called The Banshee (plus a disappeared drummer), indeed they played the same songs now on KA my space in their last european tour in Oct. ‘09. Good stuff anyway.
Ben, we don’t care, honestly!
Get you Ben! But cheers for the shout out, much appreciated.