Kings Of Convenience, Peace Or Love

For many years, I had accepted the fact that Norwegian indie duo Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye had hung up their Kings of Convenience cloak and called it a day. After three quiet and special albums, they were done making new music together and had moved on. So imagine my surprise when I learned that after twelve years, they were back with a new, forth album. 

Arriving last month, Peace Or Love is quintessential Kings Of Convenience and a welcomed return. The duo break no new ground here, but perfectly recapture what has made them so special. Warm and inviting, song after song, Bøe and Øye's music draws you into their world of navigating love and relationships in a way that is so disarming, relaxing and comforting while expressing their realities in a very human way. This is captured beautifully on Love Is A Lonely Thing as the duo along with Feist sing over their two guitars: 

"If you want someone to enter in your life, show a part of your world they can dream about. It will seem a fair idea if you make it their idea. Go back to your corner. Let them come to you. Patience is the hardest thing to have to learn. Hours seem like oceans when desire burns. Rushing in will ruin all, you must bide your time. Sow a seed in water, wait for love to grow. Love, to you, is given, love is gifted you. No love can be taken, that love is not true. Love is pain and suffering, love can bе a lonely thing. Once you've known that magic, who can livе without it?"

Peace and Love is another lovely, elegant, and nuanced album by Kings of Convenient. Welcome back!