ThereвЂ™s some amazing drum fills and a real choral sound, and it hasnвЂ™t lost any of the edge heard on the first draft. Seek Your Kingdom follows with a much fuller arrangement than the one that featured on Live in Color earlier this year. WeвЂ™re eased into the record with Glorious, a joyful song of praise that sets the scene that this album will be focussed on Jesus.

While these factors may be seen as limitations, it has actually benefited the sound of the album вЂ“ itвЂ™s not overproduced, itвЂ™s brash and raw (musically and lyrically), and flows seamlessly from track to track like one big movement. Kings Kaleidoscope became an independent band at the beginning of this year (now signed to Tooth & Nail) and Becoming Who We Are was recorded on a shoestring budget at various locations around Seattle and produced by Chad himself. Becoming Who We Are is a fitting title for an album of a sound that only Kings K could create, and my words below will struggle to do it justice. After forming in 2010 and releasing a number of EPs through Mars Hill Music and an independent live EP earlier this year, lead singer Chad Gardner and his band of merry men and women are finally dropping the album theyвЂ™ve always dreamed of making. That is no simple statement, in fact itвЂ™s been in the pipeline for years. In a couple of weeks, Seattle ten-piece Kings Kaleidoscope will drop their debut album. Working with both Bad Christian and well-established indie Tooth & Nail, King's Kaleidoscope finally issued their debut LP, вЂњBecoming Who We Are,вЂќ in November 2014.

Their fourth EP, 2014's вЂњLive in Color,вЂќ was released by Bad Christian Records, a label formed by Seattle post-hardcore band Emery. In early 2013, Gardner and the band announced they were leaving Mars Hill where they had been both worship leaders and artists on the church's label. A year later, the studio EP вЂњAsaph's ArrowsвЂќ arrived and in late 2012 they issued the Christmas -themed EP вЂњJoy Has Dawned.вЂќ Sporting a variety of influences from math rock and hip-hop to the dense sound of Canadian indie outfit Broken Social Scene, Kings Kaleidoscope recorded their first live EP, вЂњSin,вЂќ in 2011. Looking for a big, orchestral indie pop sound, he slowly assembled the ten-piece group, handpicking players from within the church and developing their lush sound a bit more every week. Led by singer/songwriter Chad Gardner, the group formed in 2010 at Mars Hill Church where Gardner was a worship leader.

Additionally, all members contribute vocals in various capacities during the songs. Tickets are $12 and may be purchased at .Д«ased in Seattle, Washington, Kings Kaleidoscope is made up of Chad Gardener, guitar and keyboard Andrew Nyte, drums John Platter, drums and percussion Zack Walkingstick, bass Nadia Essenpreis, keyboard, violin and accordion Lindsay Gardner, cello and keyboard Julianne Smith, violin and saxophone Zawadi Morrow, keyboard, flute and violin Blake Strickland, trombone and Jared Buck, guitar. Popular faith-based alternative band Kings Kaleidoscope will perform in concert Saturday, April 9, in Raley ChapelвЂ™s Potter Auditorium on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. King's Kaleidoscope Kings Kaleidoscope to Perform at OBU April 9

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