The Reign of Kingsfoil
The Central PA band will be in Lancaster this weekend.
by Melissa Duong
Rock band Kingsfoil from York, Pa. (From L to R) Frankie Muniz, Tristan Martin, Tim Warren, and Jordan Davis. 06/28/2012 SEAN SIMMERS
Not a new band on the music scene, Kingsfoil has a firm footing in the indie rock scene and has maintained their rightful place, reigning among other indie bands and recently opening for Third Eye Blind. Other famous artists that they have toured with include We The Kings, Anberlin, Creed, The Ting Tings, Chiddy Bang, and Lovedrug (one of their personal favorite bands). With all these experienes under their belt, Kingsfoil is slowly creating a nice little niche for themselves in the indie rock scene.
Jordan Davis, the lead singer of Kingsfoil states that “I think the advice we got [from other bands] was more from just watching them bring it on stage,” and that in itself is enough to inspire the band to great new heights. Additionally, their music is also inspired by their relationships with people they know. They maintain that they “write what [they] know” and are also inspired by everyday life, being on the road, meeting new people, their friends, family, being poor, and various other things. Aside from the wide range of topics for their lyrics, their versatile music style is evident throughout their EP which was released in 2007 and their LP in 2010. Though they are frequently compared to Coldplay or The Fray due to the piano accompaniment, what differentiates them from these other popular bands is their willingness to push the boundaries of their genre. Not only are they willing to rock out with some harder pieces, but they can just as equally well perform acoustic songs. It’s apparent that their skills and the genre of music by which they are defined do not serve to limit their musicality and originality.
Interestingly enough, the band has evolved from the original days. Their former drummer was replaced by none other than Frankie Muniz. The name may sound familiar to a lot of people. This is the same Frankie Muniz who starred in television’s Malcolm in the Middle. Muniz, prior to joining Kingsfoil, was a drummer for a band called You Hang Up, which was also managed by the same management Kingsfoil is signed to (Master Key Management). When Kingsfoil began auditioning for drummers, Muniz expressed interest in auditioning, and so they gave him a shot. Though they auditioned quite a few drummers, no drummer expressed as much passion or commitment to the audition pieces. Muniz auditioned, knowing his parts down better than anyone else, which appeased Tim, Tristan, and Jordan (the other members of Kingsfoil) very much as they are all perfectionists. According to Davis, “[Frankie] nailed the parts and showed us that was important to him as well. That’s what we were looking for in a new drummer.”
Since Muniz has joined the band, Davis states that the band has greatly evolved their music. There’s “a lot more house/dance pop with a shot of jazz and world beats…joking!” Joking aside, the band has not changed their sound. Davis believes that rather than change their sound, the band members are all striving to be better writers. Kingsfoil’s new record, A Beating Heart is a Bleeding Heart, debuts on September 25th on iTunes. Currently, their single “What Your Mother Taught You” is doing extremely well, garnering much positive feedback from the fans, who are also supportive of the band switchup with Muniz entering the scene. They are all currently working on getting up to speed and learning the new songs in order to provide the crowd with a unified front and instrumentals that coalesce together in the new songs.
If you’re interested in checking out Kingsfoil, they’ll be in Lancaster on the 29th (at the Chameleon Club). It’s a CD release party also featuring Darry Miller & The Veil, Sinclarity, Last Scene In Reno, and Jesse Baker.
