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.

 

 

The Best Indie Songs of 2015 - Longfellow

 
Singing from the bottom of their big bursting hearts, and with lyrics like, “We all need a little love sometimes…we all need love we're gonna work this out”, Longfellow are refreshingly passionate in this song about being there for the ones you love.

 

 

 

Medic (Jan’15) is a song not unlike some others of Kodaline’s, it's strong, fervent and impassioned. It rocks, it pops, it has crescendos and takes pauses. It’s all there for the taking, a band on the cusp of the big tent.

 



Longfellow describe themselves as alternative indie pop rock and come crusading out of London town. They’ve been singing it from the roof tops for more than three years now. Medic is a stand-alone single and they have a short player to their name Prelude (July ’14).

Shit you need to know:

Longfellow plan to record with Coldplay’s producer (Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head).

The band have supported Keane and Feeder.

Feeling those emotions stirring? Try Siamese Lover, an absolute cracker, or Kiss-Hug-Make Up.



 

 

Dodgy doings go to another band full of heart, playing in a cathedral of love the Irish band Aslan and Crazy World (1993).

And if you got no time just skip to the 4 minute mark for the magic crowd sing-along.