Spring King

Spring King
Genres Post punk revival, alternative rock
Years active 2012 (2012)–present
Labels Island Records
Website www.springkingband.com
Members Tarek Musa
Pete Darlington
Andy Morton
James Green

Spring King is a four-piece post-punk band from Manchester, England, who played at SXSW in 2015.[1] They are "a small-scale, art-pop-punk project based in Manchester".[2] They began as a solo project in 2012 of songwriter and producer Tarek Musa, who also sings and plays drums.[3][4]

Notably, their track "City" was the first song played on Beats 1 by Zane Lowe.[2][5]

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

  1. NME.COM. "SXSW 2015 In Review - NME Writers Have Their Say On The Best New Bands". NME.COM.
  2. 1 2 "Spring King: meet the first ever band played on Apple's Beats 1". Wired UK.
  3. Monger, Timothy. "Spring King - Artist Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. Vincent, Alice (21 August 2015). "New music: Spring King". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. Milton, Jamie (14 October 2015). "How Spring King Finally Broke Through". DIY. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  6. "Official Albums Chart Top 100 (17 June 2016 - 23 June 2016)". UK Albums Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  7. Peris, Bill (2 October 2014). "UK band Spring King released single and EP (streams), coming to NYC for CMJ including three free shows". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  8. Homewood, Ben (13 April 2015). "9 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week". NME. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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