As you may know, bands biz is a very strange biz… we got this message from The King Left (who reached #8 in our Best of NYC 2008 list)… excited for the debut album / sorry to hear they are breaking up… the day the album is released!!!
"After nearly six years of making music together, we’ve decided to retire The King Left. The band has always been about the goals and vision of four great friends, and after Mark decided to pursue new opportunities, we found it fitting to conclude this amazing chapter of our lives. Nothing less than the four of us would truly be "The King Left."
Over the course of the past year, we’ve been tirelessly recording our debut LP, and we’re extremely excited for you to hear it. So, we’d like to announce a simultaneous final show and record release party.
The show will be Friday, May 14th at Mercury Lounge in New York City. It’s an early show (doors at 7pm, TKL at 8:30pm), and tickets are on sale now via the Mercury Lounge Box Office and Ticketmaster. Make sure to get tickets early, as we expect it to sell out in advance.
The album, titled Perfect Without People, will be released the same week in May via digital download and as a limited-edition vinyl (sold at the show and on our website if there are any remaining). You can check out the album cover and tracklisting by visiting TheKingLeft.com and you can download an mp3 of "The Way To Canaan" by clicking here.
And in the meantime, Corey, Ian, and I have begun collaborating with Kat Lee (formerly of Heads Up Display) and hope to have new sounds for you soon. We’re pretty excited if we do say so ourselves.
Thank you all for going on this amazing journey with us. It’s been a truly life-changing experience, and none of it would have been possible without all of you. We hope to see you on May 14th."