The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - King No-One

King No-One Constellations (Sept’15) has been called "upbeat and intoxicating" by Bitter Sweet Symphonies and "swimming in encapsulating bluesy bass, the track dives the ears into sweet indie-pop contagion..." Personally I like it a lot. King No-One are teenagers from York, England, who started playing in 2012 and It's All Indie said they are "suited to a stadium" and have "a belter of a tune."

 

 

King No-One are already have two short-players under their belt and Constellations is the title track of their second EP. They have been compared to Suede and Radiohead by Listen With Monger who went on to say Constellations has a "...sexy, snaking, slinky guitar riff and some indie-disco swagger."  The band are influenced by the likes of Swim Deep, The Killers and Vampire Weekend. Constellations is indie rock at it's best, mixing the finest traditions of both indie-pop and driving guitar rock. It's the kind of song that saunters into the bar wearing snake-skin boots and a shit-eating grin, and smelling of last night’s girl. I'd bet dimes to dollars that Constellations is one of the best indie songs of 2015.

“The abstract observaton

I never want to let it go”

 

 

Shit you need to know:

In 2013 King No-One won a Leed’s battle of the bands and went on to play the Leeds and Reading Festivals.

They have been described as "...Catfish & The Bottlemen meets Earth, Wind & Fire... as energetic guitar vitality meets a dancing groove." They have been compared to Radio Head who they are fans of.

Other influences are The Arctic Monkeys, Ian Brown, Shed Seven, The Strokes and Franz Ferdianand.

The BBC reviewer Alan Raw said King No-One are "...incredibly tight, really professional and a brilliant band."
King No-One toured supporting popular English indie rock band Embrace.

The band are well known for busking around their hometown York.

The band are tipped for big things but they will play house parties! For real.

If you need more scintillating indie rock from King No-One check out the live version of "Constellations" or this barn burner, "Millenium" (Mar'14).

Todays follow up is from “epic purveyors of melodically charged alternative pop” London indie pop rockers Longfellow. Influenced by Jeff Lyne, Tom Petty and Toto, they are one of the greatest, unheralded, bands I have ever heard.  This beautiful and emotive song, Siamese Lover, was released in January 2014 and was one of their earliest singles.