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Kungens Ljud & Bild

by Kungens Män

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This CD edition of 'Kungens Ljud & Bild' comes in a high quality four panel LP gatefold style cardboard sleeve. This is not a jewel case. Limited to 50 copies. Please note that the image is simply a mock up.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kungens Ljud & Bild via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    PRESSING DELAY HAS THIS MAILING OUT THE WEEK OF MAY 22ND. This is the blue vinyl edition of 'Kungens Ljud & Bild', only available here through Bandcamp. Limited to 150 copies. Includes an 11"x 22" insert. Please note that the image is simply a mock up.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kungens Ljud & Bild via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $22 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    PRESSING DELAY HAS THIS MAILING OUT THE WEEK OF MAY 22ND. This is the black vinyl edition of 'Kungens Ljud & Bild'. Limited to 200 copies. Includes an 11"x 22" insert. Please note that the image is simply a mock up.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kungens Ljud & Bild via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    PRESSING DELAY HAS THIS MAILING OUT THE WEEK OF MAY 22ND. This is the blue vinyl edition of 'Kungens Ljud & Bild', as well as the cream vinyl edition of Fanatism's 'Inverted Evolution'. Fanatism is a Kungens Män side project, which can be heard here: fanatismcf.bandcamp.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kungens Ljud & Bild via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $35 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    PRESSING DELAY HAS THIS MAILING OUT THE WEEK OF MAY 22ND. This is the black vinyl edition of 'Kungens Ljud & Bild', as well as the cream vinyl edition of Fanatism's 'Inverted Evolution'. Fanatism is a Kungens Män side project, which can be heard here: fanatismcf.bandcamp.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Kungens Ljud & Bild via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $33 USD or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 USD  or more

     

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Centripetal Force is excited to announce the release of 'Kungens Ljud & Bild', the latest full length recording from Sweden's Kungens Män. The album is being presented in a 350 copy vinyl pressing and made available for preorder on April 1st. There will also be a limited CD run made available for preorder on the same date. 'Kungens Ljud & Bild' (The King's Sound and Vision) will be released in stores and on all major digital platforms on May 6th.

Kungens Män hails from Stockholm, Sweden, where they formed in 2012. What started out with the sole purpose of hanging out as friends, occasionally with instruments in tow, has resulted in records on several labels and numerous European tours. The band is rooted in the psychedelic/drone rock tradition of bands such as Träd, Gräs & Stenar, and over the years Kungens Män has integrated influences from a number of genres, including krautrock, shoegaze, noiserock and free jazz. The fundamental idea has never changed though – to get immersed in sound, and let the drone be the main trail taking the band to inner space – may it be through folkish melodies, noise, sonic blurs, modal outbursts, motorik beats or just good old head melting rock. And of course, it’s all improvised on the spot.

2022 not only marks the ten year anniversary of the band, it is their first venture into the North American scene, thanks to Centripetal Force, who are to release a special edition of the new album Kungens Ljud & Bild. It also marks Kungens Män’s first vinyl release on their own label (for UK and European distribution), which, like the album, is named 'Kungens Ljud & Bild'. Why make things complicated?

As part of the celebration of their first decade, Kungens Män will playing the 2022 edition of the Roadburn Festival in The Netherlands, right at the time of the new album's release.

The new songs in Kungens Män’s own words

"När piskan viner" (When the whip wines)

The opening riff suggests we're teenage heavy metal rebels riding our mopeds, trying to grow mustaches, failing in every possible way, going half throttle anyway, middle finger raised. Slowly, as we rock, the guitars decide to take different routes, finding that wicked Kungens Män vibe, and we evolve into something beyond our own understanding. Let the freak flag fly! As it was, is and always shall be. (Indy)

The stubborn energy with which we hold on to the riff shows the band's total belief in rock music's transcendental power in a tune that could otherwise be dismissed as a pastiche. It's calf-like, it's swaying, it's on its toes. (Gustav)

"Stora rummet" (The big room)

I think this represents my favorite go to head space with Kungens Män. We’re taking it pretty easy, letting things evolve slowly and with small means, but when you zoom in and out you recognise all these layers that are floating on top of each other in a slightly disjointed way. (Micke)

This is a piece I would have thought was written beforehand, had I not known it's spontaneously improvised. The way the instruments present themselves one by one, taking their space in the mix, adding layers. A good example of the band's style of instant composition within the framework of rock'n'roll. (Gustav)

One of those songs where I'm amazed that we manage to keep it all together. Letting the music guide you - not the other way around - is what's happening here as we're gently navigating our way down the rabbit hole. Never knowing where we're going is the real magic. (Indy)

"I Hjalles kök" (In Hjalle’s kitchen)

Poetic one-liners performed in a beat-poetry style by The Psych-Mike. Mikael always carries a document full of possible song titles. In band meetings, rehearsals and when traveling together, there is always someone who comes up with a "saying". It is not uncommon to see Mikael pick up his phone and scribble something down. I'm not on this recording, but my guess is that Mickes document has a finger in the psych-pie. But what do I know? (Gustav)

Gustav is correct. The words are spoken by Mikael randomly from our long list of possible future song titles. While the rest of us were playing, he was scrolling through the list and creating lyrics on the spot. Sung in Swedish, here are some rough translations of what he's yelling about:

"German ninjas! Watch out! They marry the most beautiful pigs! 800 years of constant change in Hjalle's kitchen. It's harder than hard rock in the bargain bin. They've got eyes in the nose. Angry dicks."

If that sounds weird to you, you are probably right and fully functional. (Indy)

Some of us often end up in our friend Björn Viking Hjalmar’s kitchen after a long night out. That’s where middle aged men with big record collections find their release, their soul mates, their meaning of life – and it never stops. Until it does at 5 AM. (Micke)

"Vaska lyckokaka" (Scrap a fortune cookie)

This is one of those travel songs, where we just tag along something in the middle of the room that leads us forward. The energy is the engine. A whirlwind to get lost in. (Micke)

A restrained confidence that moves towards ecstatic T Rex riffing. (Gustav)

Slow burner. Space traveling begins at 05:43. From then and onwards it's just free falling through the infinite cosmos that matters. The keyword is free. (Indy)

credits

released May 6, 2022

Peter Erikson - synthesizer
Hans Hjelm - guitar
Gustav Nygren - guitar
Mattias Indy Pettersson - drums
Mikael Tuominen - guitar, vocals, bass
Magnus Öhrn - bass

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Kungens Män Stockholm, Sweden

Kungens Män started out in 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. Always new sounds and improvisations, different guest musicians, different happenings. Kungens Män are rooted in the psychedelic/drone rock tradition of bands such as Träd, Gräs & Stenar, but also add influences from krautrock, shoegaze, noiserock and free jazz. ... more

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