Our musical style can best be described as progressive rock with influences from jazz, classical music and math rock, but we are open to different categorisations by anybody who listens to us with an open mind.

One characteristic of our music is that it features the upright bass and piano as central elements alongside more typical instruments of rock music such as drums and guitars. Occasionally, we also incorporate instruments like glockenspiel and drum pad, always trying to afford them their own space and meaning.

 

In addition to our affinity for complex rhythms, powerful guitar riffs and a play with musical themes our music is mainly characterised by a broad dynamic spectrum.

 

In our view music is a uniting force, which is why we are happy about every single person who connects with us through music. We also think that being able to make music is a gift and so we hope that we will still have plenty of time to share this gift with everybody who takes the time to listen to us.

Our recent album “zero son” marks a big milestone in our musical career. Rather than being more complex, overly cerebral and meticulous, the music featured on it appears simpler, more compact and more purposeful. Some of the tracks came into existence in a very short amount of time, with a true urgency to be written down. This sense of urgency, of imminence and tangibility, which we tried to capture when we recorded this album, is what makes “zero son” into a personal and emotional listening experience.

The Kingsmiths are a 4-piece math pop band from Brighton, UK.
 
Over a long, hot summer, they sweated in the The Foundry, haunted by an obsession to forge something new.
 
They took base rock and smelted it in the Kingsmith furnace: hammered at it with guitars, cast and molded it with synth, pounded it with drums.
 
The result? Synthy dub drones, arresting time-signature combinations, catchy chorus lines and stinging vocal melodies.
 
The Kingsmiths have smithed a brand new sound.
 
For a sample hot off the molten press: https://soundcloud.com/thekingsmiths/sets/arms-for-legs

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