You either love em or you don't. There's no half measure with these guys and certainly no fan base amidst the lad's brigade. Their feminine odes of love and flimsy emotionality can only possibly please the new men of this world, along with the more sentimental female folk.
And so, Norway's very own, modern day Simon and Garfunkel return, after their massively acclaimed debut, 'Quiet Is The New Loud', with a new and true remix album.
'Versus' is a twelve strong collection of rare and previously unavailable mixes of selected album tracks. Although the spectrum of remixers is relatively narrow the majority are from the Manc and Norwegian, leftfield school of thought - and the rehashes are relatively tame, you are nevertheless in for an unprecedented treat.
The likes of Alfie, Four Tet, Royscopp and Ladytron provide a healthy injection of your favourite Kings Of Convenience moments alongside a gorgeous and inventive selection of interpretations.
Fourtet comes up with the goods yet again, delivering a deliciously ethereal blend of laid back harmonies and illuminating strings in fact, so good is this mix that it has warranted it's very own single release.
Erot go all "Prefab Sprout" on us with a heart-warming, semi-jazz guitar work-out and David Whitaker glorifies 'Toxic Girl' with a string arrangement John Barry would be proud of.
On the whole, the vibe remains unashamedly down-tempo and folkified (with some such as Andy Votel, Riton and David Whittaker sticking cheekily close to the original versions). But then, who could possibly imagine their Norwegian charm sharing a groove with a 4/4 beat or a rock guitar accompaniment.
Musically, it's good to hear a different standpoint from their usual guitar based sound and sentimentally it's reassuring to know the remixes have taken nothing away from the original's sweetness.
