Spring King

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Spring King
Spring King (2016)
Spring King (2016)
General information
origin Macclesfield ( United Kingdom )
Genre (s) Garage rock , post punk , indie rock
founding 2012
resolution 2018
Last occupation
Tarek Musa
Pete Darlington
guitar
 Andy Morton
James Green

Spring King was one of four British garage rock - band from Macclesfield . It was founded in 2012 and consisted of Tarek Musa, Pete Darlington, Andy Morton and James Green. The dissolution was announced in 2018.

history

2012–2015: beginnings

Originally Spring King was founded in 2012 as a solo project by singer and drummer Tarek Musa. His high school friends Pete Darlington, Andy Morton, and James Green didn't join them until 2013. The band's first single releases as well as the EP Demons appeared in 2014. With the support of the British Broadcasting Corporation , the band was able to quickly reach a larger audience on a national and international level. After a short tour of the United States and a festival appearance at the South by Southwest released their second EP They're Coming After You in 2015 .

2016–2017: breakthrough

Guitarist Pete Darlington and bandleader Tarek Musa (2016)

Together with the PRS Foundation, an English organization to promote talented musicians, they planned a longer European tour and then the debut album Tell Me If You Like To , which was released on June 10, 2016 via Island Records and which is musically based on songs by the rock band The Beach Boys oriented and was largely positively received by the specialist press. The band became very popular, especially through the inclusion of some songs in the rotation of large radio stations. For example, her music has been featured on Jools Holland's show on BBC Radio 2 a number of times. The studio album debuted at number 71 on the British album charts and stayed there for a week. It also has the title Who Are You? used for the soundtrack of the video game FIFA 17 .

In the following years they could be seen, among other things, as the opening act for the Kaiser Chiefs , the Slaves and Kasabian .

2018: Second album and separation

For the second studio album A Better Life , which was released on August 31, 2018, the bandleader Musa, who until then had mostly appeared as the sole songwriter, decided to allow more external influences on the creative process - above all through the other band members who have hardly been in the creation of the titles were involved and practically only recorded the songs composed by Musa. At the same time, they looked around for ways to get rid of the image of a "radio-friendly" band they had gained in recent years , and tried harder and more experimental music, which was well received by fans and the trade press.

On November 20, 2018, Spring King announced the dissolution on Facebook with the words “we have decided to call it a day” (German: We have decided to call it a day ). At the same time, all previously announced appearances in London and the surrounding area were canceled. Musa, who launched the project in 2012, has since been active as a solo artist under the pseudonym Dead Nature .

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK
2016 Tell Me If You Like To
Island Records 		UK71 (1 week)
UK
First published: June 10, 2016
2018 A Better Life
Island Records 		UK-UK
First published: August 31, 2018

EPs

  • 2014: Demons
  • 2015: They're Coming After You

Live albums

  • 2017: Apple Music Festival: London 2016

Singles

  • 2014: Mumma / Mumma Pt. II
  • 2014: Can I?
  • 2015: City
  • 2015: They're Coming After You
  • 2015: Who Are You?
  • 2016: Rectifier
  • 2016: The Summer
  • 2016: Detroit
  • 2018: Animal
  • 2018: Us Vs Them
  • 2018: The Hum
  • 2018: Paranoid
  • 2018: Let's Drink

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  1. ↑ a b c Timothy Monger: Spring King - Artist Biography. In: Allmusic . Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  2. ^ A b Sam Moore: "Until we meet again" - Spring King annouce split. In: New Musical Express . November 20, 2018, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  3. ^ Band separations 2018. In: Mix1 . December 21, 2018, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Spring King - City (Live at SXSW). (Video) In: BBC . March 20, 2015, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Sinead Garvan: Spring King say they couldn't afford to make their album before they got funding. In: BBC. August 13, 2016, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Song for the day: Spring King "The Summer". In: SRF . May 20, 2016, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Michael Hann: Spring King: Tell Me If You Like To review - deliciously distorted racket. In: The Guardian . June 9, 2016, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  8. ↑ David Hutzel: British post-punk, tamed for the radio. In: laut.de . June 1, 2016, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  9. ^ Martyn Young: Crowning Glory: Introducing Spring King. In: The Skinny. September 30, 2016, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  10. ↑ a b Chart data: United Kingdom .
  11. ↑ FIFA 17 dévoile l'intégralité de sa bande originale! In: Melty. Retrieved July 7, 2020 (French).
  12. ↑ El Hunt: Spring King are set to support Kaiser Chiefs. In: DIY. February 10, 2016, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Introducing ... Spring King. In: Discover Gigs and Tours. Retrieved July 7, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Andrew Trendell: Suicide, anxiety, Brexit and finding hope - Spring King on their 'utopian' new album 'A Better Life'. In: New Musical Express. June 6, 2018, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  15. ↑ John Houston: Spring King - A Better Life. In: The Skinny. August 30, 2018, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  16. ^ Gareth O'Malley: Spring King - A Better Life. In: Clash Magazine. August 29, 2018, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Spring King's Tarek Musa launches his new project, Dead Nature: "I feel like I can put my complete heart on the line". In: Dork. July 26, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2020 .

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