Boat Behind - Kings of Convenience

FREQUENTLY I FIND MYSELF WONDERING whether there is a specific Genre of music which do I favour above all others. Those of you familiar with my views on Genre (without labouring the point, whilst convenient from the listener's point of view, I think Genre nicely exemplifies humanity's urge to place things into figurative boxes and make them conform to the 'rules of the box,' if you will) will note that I have less a favourite Genre of music, rather a particular favourite 'mood' of music. Boat Behind by the Norway-based "Kings of Convenience" is a brilliant ray of light into what was the quickly-becoming-stagnant favourite mood of mine, as I hadn't heard anything like this in some time.

Song notes:

• My favourite mood is, loosely, relaxed, acoustic music, sung sincerely and with a enjoyable sound and rhythm
• The double-bass and solo Viola in Boat Behind make it sound like you're in the basement of a tavern in Continental Europe some time before the second World War. But the singing is definitely modern, with close harmonies between the vocals of the two-piece group fulfilling the 'enjoyable sound' requirement of my favourite mood
• By a shocking burst of coincidence, this song makes me feel great, and puts me into my 'favourite mood'

Hope it does the same for you. (I'm rocking the Vimeo because frankly, I enjoy their work much more than YouTube)

But here's YT if you can't live without it.