To Kill a King

Sep 18 2012
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Get to grips with our lips (AKA how to get a Word of Mouth CD)

Hello folks.

As you may have seen in previous posts, there are physical copies of our Word of Mouth EP in existence. This is a fact. Another fact is that I am in control of the CDs *cue evil laughter*. They cannot be found in record shops, online or at gigs. They reside only in my house (no stalkers please). As I have no intention of throwing a mass CD party just yet I won’t be dishing them out to anyone who simply smiles sweetly and asks politely. Oh no. You can only acquire one by sharing To Kill A King in an interesting or unusual way. You needn’t do anything life threatening or offensive (unless you want to), but this will require a little effort on your part. It should also be a lot of fun. Something in line with the examples below should do the trick…

@anelame from Vancouver, Canada, has placed a Word of Mouth business card in a bottle and let it sail off into the Pacific ocean.

@lily_mcenna from London has made some jewellery with some lyrics from ‘Choices’ engraved within and wears it out and about.

@22marry22 from Slovakia painted this picture of us.

@milo_photo from Leeds created this excellent short video…

This chap (who must remain anonymous) hijacked the new software on the train information screen and got this displayed to commuters ALL DAY LONG. This is a magnificent effort.

@FranklynTweets has made these scrolls to hand out to art students during Freshers Week at Leeds University.

Also in Leeds, @kmgkaptivation made and hung this bunting in Beckett Park in the dead of night.

Sylvia from Germany made this linocut with here bare hands. She’s teaching her art students how to do the same.

@Betty_Du killed time on a boring train journey by sharing Word of Mouth via the contents of her bag - post it notes, a pen and some lipstick (most appropriate).

Zai took this photo and is getting exhibited at his college where he’s the Photography Society president. He’s also going to hassle the Music Society to cover our songs.

Jocelyne from Canada hand-painted these stones and left them around her local area for others to find.

A huge thanks to all of the above who have earned a CD.

We want to see what you come up with and share it around, so once you’ve come up with something please send it to ShareWOM@gmail.com.

Over to you…

^JP

Sep 11 2012
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Bestival 2012

Hello.

This is how our summer ended. Our fantastic flurry of full-on fun-filled festivals finally finished at the weekend as we took on Bestival.

We had a magnificent time which I will attempt to convey through the following photographs…

Catching the ferry made it feel like a holiday.

The wrist band count was ludicrously high.

Guess who…

Saturday was fancy dress day. Animals were preferred and Ralph joined a herd…

of zebra!

How did this chap get into a portaloo?

Elephantitis.

Unlike most of our festivals this summer, the sun turned up. Take note Parklife.

Clowning around before our set.

Our view from the Bandstand stage.

The crowd’s view of us down the hill.

In the pantomime off season, H from Steps partied hard.

The toilets were feminist-friendly.

The stubborn tent was in no mood for a hasty retreat.

Stevie Wonder, man of the people, travels with Wightlink Ferries. Legend.

And with that our summer was done. We’d like to thank everyone who came along and supported us at a festival, it really means a lot. We’ve got designs on Glastonbury next year, but before then you can catch us on tour. Click on this flyer below for more information.

Also, if you’ve not seen it, here’s the finale of Ralph’s Balcony, featuring a few friends of ours. Enjoy.

See you on tour folks!

^JP

Sep 01 2012
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Happenings of late

Hello there.

This is a very strange time for me (Josh) to be writing a blog entry but I’ve only just found the time to draw breath. We have been pretty busy lately with the following things…

During my week in Germany a fellow member of the Brotherhood of Bass named Toby Street stepped into the void/size nine shoes (delete as applicable) I left and did a sterling job at replacing my absent low end. We were supporting American D.I.Y rock heroes Dispatch, first in Edinburgh and then at London’s Koko. It looked a lot like this…

The lonesome quartet also played a tiny festival called Greenstone in Northampton run by Jay Brown. They tell me it was fun but I cannot verify this as I was eating my own body weight in delicious German food.

Following my tanned and triumphant return from the land of bratwurst and Bitburger beer we have been sorting out our Word of Mouth EP in its physical form. This took place yesterday at Ralph’s flat and involved 1000 cardboard CD cases, 1000 CDs, two stamps, two ink pads, five pairs of lips and an ocean of black lipstick. There was more kissing than at a year six disco. If you’re unfamiliar with the look we’re going for with the EP then the following picture should clarify everything.

These will be available soon so keep checking the relevant pages.

On Thursday we played a four-song set at Sofar Sounds. We took the opportunity to showcase some new acoustic material in preparation for a string of gigs in various houses before our tour kicks off. Sofar put gigs on in different cities worldwide and stream them live to their community of fans. They are always intimate and (mostly) acoustic affairs and we really enjoyed our set. Ralph’s picture below quantifies this very well indeed.

We are also pleased to announce our Model of the Month competition winner. HIs name is Matt Gummery and he has set the bar fantastically high as you will see. For his ample efforts he has won himself the honour of being our t-shirt model, plus a signed copy of our very rare Record Store Day single. For your chance to win you’ll need to buy a t-shirt from HERE and send a photo of yourself to tokillakinguk@gmail.com before October 1st. Good luck!

(Click the pic to see Matt on our site)

Finally, our hosted night Play All The Things continues at Surya, Kings Cross this coming Wednesday and it’s not to be missed. It will cost you no money what so ever to come and watch the following people perform. For more information just click on the pic…