The King of France

The King of France

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Echo UK Through Ada
• ASIN: B000AMJDFG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #236,415 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Since forming in NYC in 2001, singer/guitarist Steve Salad (once the leader of underground sensations Deformo) and drummer Michael Azerrad (one of the most respected music journalists of the past decade), have been making utterly catchy, indisputably original songs that range from the wryly whimsical to the grandly melancholic, recalling everyone from the Talking Heads to the Beatles while retaining a style all its own. The band''s song "Just A Body" will be featured in the upcoming Michael Showalter film The Baxter (one of the biggest hits of the 2005 TriBeCa Film Festival). The New Yorker had this to say about The King of France: "The King of France writes catchy, intelligent, highly melodic pop-rock songs with a strong and welcome dose of Midwestern angst".

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid and Original, March 7, 2008

By	allismile0 "allismile0" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

Oddly enough I came across this band on itunes because Edward Norton put the song "The Beast" on his playlist and raved about them in general. I really liked that song so eventually I got this about for a couple of bucks. At first I was really surprised who different the songs were from The Beast, but the album overall stuck with me and I enjoy listening to it every once in a while.

If there's one major flaw on this album (which may be one of it's major strengths as well) is that it's sort of all of over the place stylistically. The shifts can be quite large- one song might have an atmospheric sound akin to Radiohead, the next has the herky-jerky sound of the Pixies, then the next has the creole jazz sound of Leon Redbone. All that shows how talented and flexible this band can be yet it takes some getting used to. But once your used to it, it feels like a band who put together a really fun mix of different imagined bands.

It's definitely worth checking out, and giving it a couple of listens. The best songs in my view are The Beast, Beautiful Horses, Sick Of Life, and Shake Shake Shake.