The Future Kings of England are a British
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...
band from
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...
. Influenced by early
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...
,
Hawkwind, and a bit of
King Crimson their music also contains some post-rock along the lines of
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogw ...
or
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, active since 1994. The band comprises singer and guitarist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal sound, fron ...
.
Discography
*2003: ''10:66'' (EP)
*2005: ''The Future Kings of England''
*2007: ''The fate of old mother Orvis''
*2009: ''The viewing point''
*2011: ''Who Is This Who Is Coming''
Personnel
*Ian Fitch - guitars
*Karl Mallett - Bass
*Simon Green - Drums
*Steven Mann - Keyboards
See also
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'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, included in his collection ''Ghost Stories of an Antiquary'' (1904). The story is named after a 1793 poem of the same name penned by Robert Burns.
Plo ...
, the ghost story that ''Who Is This Who Is Coming'' is based on.
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English progressive rock groups