Single Out Next Week >> million selling debut from Kongos ‘Come With Me Now’ out 22.10
KONGOS – ‘Come With Me Now’
Debut single out September 22nd via Epic Records
The No.1 Alternative Act in the USA
+ the fastest debut artist ever to hit the top spot (beating Lorde’s record)
1 Million copies of the single sold in the US
Rolling Stone Magazine “about to break America”
The Guardian, New Band of the Day “A riot of growly vocals, handclaps, foot stomps and a chanty chorus [with] the rhythmical whomp of dance music… taking the US alternative charts by storm”
VH1 ‘You Oughta Know’ Artist Of The Month previous artists include Haim, Adele, Lorde, Mumfords & Sons, Bruno Mars, and Ed Sheeran.
Come With Me Now
Currently cutting a swathe through the USA, KONGOS release their debut single ‘Come With Me now’ in the UK on August 18th via Epic Records. Already a huge – and critically acclaimed – hit in North America and South Africa, their debut album ‘Lunatic’, from which CWMN is taken, is a dramatic, exciting and vital collection of songs that showcases these four brothers’ gift for beautiful songwriting, soulful grit and sheer rock power.
With Greek blood in their veins, a childhood spent in Britain and South Africa and their family home now located in Phoenix, Arizona, Dylan, Danny, Jesse and Johnny Kongos are the sons of legendary British singer-songwriter John Kongos, most famous for his 1971 Top 10 single, ‘He’s Gonna Step On You Again’, which Happy Mondays covered for their 1990 hit ‘Step On’.
The multi-instrumentalist brothers bring an eclectic melting pot of influences to their musical stew. Raw guitar rock, tribal rhythms, Balkan beats, electronic flourishes, reggae tinges, folk-driven accordions, Southern blues and alternating levels of twisted darkness and gentle melodies call to mind the varied sounds of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Killers, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire, QOTSA, Crowded House, Paul Simon, Kings Of Leon and Radiohead.
The growling roar of ‘Come With Me Now’ has really exploded for the band around the world. Having spent five consecutive weeks at no.1 on the Billboard Alternative Chart in America (and beating Lorde’s ‘Royals’ in the process to become the fastest-ever ascent to Number One by a debut artist in US chart history) it’s now crossed over to the Hot 100 and is fast-becoming a ubiquitous summer anthem from the Pacific to Atlantic coasts.
‘Come With Me Now’ heralds KONGOS as a global force to be reckoned with.
OCTOBER UK & IRELAND TOUR DATES (w) ONE REPUBLIC
19th Dublin, The O2
21st Liverpool, Echo Arena
22nd London, O2 Arena
23rd London, Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen (HEADLINE)