Founded: 1999
Location: Bergen
Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe.
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The duo's delicately plucked guitars blend together so mellifluously that it makes you wonder whether the contribution of electricity to popular music might have been overrated.
The Opera House, a sometimes conservative institution of high art, was a suddenly a place for you and me again. It was fun!
"Our side projects are just that, they just evolved when you collaborate with someone creatively. Besides, I think both me and Erlend would drive each other crazy if this was the only platform for expression!”
Norway’s Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe give us two Laneway sideshows.