{"id":10661,"date":"2015-05-07T05:24:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T04:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2015-05-07T05:41:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T04:41:44","slug":"king-kartel-come-at-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/05\/king-kartel-come-at-me-now\/","title":{"rendered":"King Kartel – ‘Come At Me Now’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cKing Kartel reanimate the glory days of The Jam & The Libertines. Many bands have tried that trick before, but there\u2019s something highly appealing about the Manchester band\u2019s efforts\u201d
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‘Come At Me Now’ is the highly anticipated new single from King Kartel, a band renowned for their infectious indie-infused rock. The single has been released both on CD and as a digital download.<\/div>\n
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Following the release of their debut single, ‘Stone Cold Killer’ (which has racked up an impressive 29,000 views on YouTube to date), the band, which formed in September 2012 wasted no time in touring the UK and Ireland, taking their audiences by storm.<\/div>\n
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Band members\u00a0Hugh,\u00a0Mo,\u00a0Mick and\u00a0Rob are mostly from Northern Ireland, and quickly caught the attention of Riggsy from the BBC’s\u00a0\u2018Across the Line\u2019, who gave \u2018Stone Cold Killer\u2019 plenty of airplay, heralding them as hometown heroes, a claim justified by a string of sold out shows in and around Newry.<\/div>\n
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No longer in Northern Ireland, the band deciding to try their luck further afield. Hugh explains,<\/p>\n

“It all started in a small town where the takeaway food takes preference over new music or nights out even. We always dreamed of escaping so after a few gigs when people were getting behind us we thought we’d give it a go and head towards the bright lights in Manchester.\u00a0We only had us so we had to go out and play open mics, hand out fliers, do anything we could to try get enough people together so we could even get a shit slot on a half decent night, but it was all worth it. We’ve made some cracking friends along the way and the move changed our sound too. We went from a jingly jangly type band to more of a rock and roll outfit.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

‘Come At Me Now’ prove the King Kartel aren’t afraid to embrace their pop sensibilities which combine with their indie rock sound to create a storming single which is set to raise the profile of the Manchester based band even higher.<\/p>\n

Hugh says,<\/p>\n

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“We’re a band who just love to play, we’re all about playing live, we’re about attitude, we love to live, we love nights out, we love drinking, we love having a good time, we love partying. Our aim is to write upbeat hook laden songs that will get people excited, there’s too much negativity in the world.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Catch King Kartel live on 9 May at Proud Camden, and online via Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n