King Eider
An immensely talented folk-blues five-piece hailing from Edinburgh, King Eider craft a modern sound rooted in stripped back musicianship and classic folk influences.
King Eider have a resounding live history, having plotted a route through shows in England and Scotland, including notable gigs at Edinburgh’s Sneaky Pete’s (Communion Records), Electric Circus (Born and Bred), Glasgow’s King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut (New Year Revolution) and Brixton’s Hootenanny’s. Live sessions have been performed on Tom Morton’s BBC Radio Scotland show, Morton Through Midnight, and Gaby Roslin’s lunchtime Saturday show on BBC London.
Gaby Roslin spotted the band practising in St James’ Park in London, while walking her children home from school, and was so impressed that she immediately invited them on to her radio show the following Saturday. Charlatans front-man Tim Burgess is also a fan. He liked King Eider so much, he personally invited them to play at his Tim Peaks Stage at Festival No. 6 and Kendal Calling and the group have subsequently been asked back to perform a private gig as one of The Best Tim Peaks Acts of 2013. Debut single Drink Me Dry was a Track Of The Week on Best of British Unsigned, with the band also featuring on their Best Of 2013 and Bands to Watch in 2014 transmissions.
Debut album The Deeper The Water has been recorded at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh, funded 100% through crowd-funding site Kickstarter. Pre-sales of the album and tickets to the launch have both proven hugely attractive propositions for King Eider fans, who have donated a total sum well over the band’s initial target.
From the loud to the soft, the haunting to the upbeat, the harmonic strength of King Eider lies in their hearty concoction of late night three-part harmonies, acoustic guitar, bass, drums and classical strings.
The Deeper The Water was released Monday 5th May 2014 as a digital download and limited edition CD.
CRITICAL PRAISE
‘Some fantastically fresh music… I really enjoyed that’ (Edi Stark, Janice Forsyth show The Culture Studio: BBC Radio Scotland, live session and interview)
‘Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful’ (Gaby Roslin, Radio London)
‘A highly accessible sound… enthralling’ (Jim Gellatly, The Sun)
‘A weighty debut’ (The Herald)
‘There’s something deeper with King Eider’ (The Daily Record)
‘A toe-tapping, pop-infused, blue-grassy bent carried off with mob-handed energy. THREE STARS’ (The List)
