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The King Left

All this tension is starting to spread

About Me

THE DAILY CHORUS
Click on the link below to visit thedailychorus.com. They've named us one of the Top 30 unsigned bands in the country!
ALTERNATIVE PRESS FEATURE
Check out the February issue of Alternative Press with Fall Out Boy on the cover for a feature on us in the "AP&R: The Best Unsigned Bands" section. You can click on the link below to get a preview of the article...
For our full studio blog visit:
TRY THIS BEFORE WE EXPLODE
NEW YORK NOTHING LIMITED EDITION CDS
We'll be selling a very limited number of hand-made New York Nothing EPs at our record release party at Mercury Lounge on January 25th. Each one is completely unique and hand-numbered. Here are a few samples. New York Nothing EP
$5.00
1. The Storm In A Teacup
2. A Dead Ringer
3. In The Sunlight
4. By The End, Juggling WolvesSOLD OUTTo Buy The King Left EP click below:
The King Left EP
$3.00

1. I Have To Let You Win (Stop Trying)
2. Like You're Not My Trophy
3. How The Whale Got His Throat
STUDIO DOCUMENTARY SERIESThe Making Of EP3 (tentatively untitled)
Volume 1

The Making Of EP3 (almost titled)
Volume 2

The Making Of EP3 (now titled)
Volume 3.1
The Making Of EP3 ("New York Nothing")
Volume 3.2
THE KING LEFT BIO
In early 2005, The King Left said goodbye to their friends in Ithaca, NY and headed for the bright lights and promise of life in New York City. What they found was the same biting cold and bitter loneliness they'd left behind.
Furiously writing in their Brooklyn rehearsal space, the group began crafting a stark and dynamic, yet hopeful, collection of new songs, while regularly performing throughout Manhattan. But ironically, it was a trip back to Ithaca (during a series of dates with New York Citys Nightmare Of You) when things started to really materialize.
The King Left was approached by NOY drummer Sammy Siegler (formerly of Rival Schools, CIV, Gorilla Biscuits) about the possibility of producing a few tracks. The pre-production sessions that followed gave birth to The King Left EP (released January 19, 2005 on Dimestore Records).
Recorded in Brooklyn with engineer Ian Love (Rival Schools), the EP showcases The King Lefts earnest, pleading vocals, insistent guitars and pulsing rhythm section.The King Left EP found great success at college radio where it was 3 most added on the CMJ (College Music Journal) charts. It peaked at 69 on the CMJ Top 200 and remained on the chart for two months.The band recently recorded another EP in Brooklyn, NY with Sammy Siegler and Ian Love on board again for production and engineering duties. A limited edition artwork version of the New York Nothing EP was released on January 25, 2007.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2004
Band Website: thekingleft.com
Band Members: Corey Oliver - Vocals, Guitar
Mark Grissom - Guitar
Graham Awesome - Drums
Ian Bullett - Bass
Influences: Radiohead, The Beatles, Nirvana, R.E.M., Elliott Smith, The Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, Death Cab For Cutie, David Bowie, Blur
Sounds Like: "If the children heard them they would come in later pleasing and implode on the impact that causes a bloody ice cream as the mess that would reflect dull in the light of the sun. Or something."
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CMJ Shows this Saturday 10/20

Hi everybody!   *wait for reply*So I'm sure most of you know we are playing 2x shows this Saturday at Pianos (158 Ludlow St.) for CMJ.  For those of you that didn't know; check out the ...
Posted by The King Left on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:22:00 PST

Baruch and Bowery and CMJ, OH MY!!

Lots of exciting stuff happening in the land of TKL! We're playing tomorrow night (9/28) at Baruch College on 23rd and Lexington in Manhattan. The show is with our good friends We Are Scientists, Robb...
Posted by The King Left on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:32:00 PST

The NME is Watching...

When TKL and a few choice amigos met Ed O'Brien and Colin Greenwood last Tuesday, I admit, I was a bit of a headless chicken. What's more, there was alcohol to be had, so we partook, to the point tha...
Posted by The King Left on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST

Radiohead fans approve! (rad + dude!)

See, I'm (corey) what you'd call a bit of an obsessive, nut-collecting moose and squirrel with this band you might have heard of.  They're called Radiohead.  They wrote this song C...
Posted by The King Left on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:04:00 PST

Bowery Ballroom and Maxwell's shows both SOLD OUT!

Our shows tonight at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ and tomorrow night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City are both SOLD OUT! There's a chance that a small amount of tickets will be released at the...
Posted by The King Left on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:45:00 PST

Unsigned Band Of The Week on The Daily Chorus!

We're the unsigned band of the week on the The Daily Chorus! Pretty rad, huh? You can help us out by heading over to the site and voting for us in the lower right hand corner www.thedailychorus.c...
Posted by The King Left on Tue, 15 May 2007 08:39:00 PST

April Residency at Pianos NYC

We're very pleased to announce our a special April residency at Pianos in NYC on April 4, 11, and 18. Each night we'll hit the stage around 9:30pm. All three shows will be comprised of an entirely dif...
Posted by The King Left on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:32:00 PST

Lots and lots of goobledygook to speak of

Things are swell in the world of The King Left. After taking a month off for the holidays we four lads are ready to make 2007 a brilliant year. First, we are posting two songs on myspace off our new...
Posted by The King Left on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:40:00 PST

we're on CBS!

don't forget to watch the new CBS drama "Close To Home" tonight at 9pm. we have two songs featured in it. set the tivos!
Posted by The King Left on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:28:00 PST

Volume 2!

Okay, so we're getting pretty close to done. Excited?! Here's the second studio blog......
Posted by The King Left on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:05:00 PST