K I N G S L E Y F L O O D P R E S S S U M M A R Y Kingsley Flood Kingsley Flood has already received acclaim for Colder Still, the six-song EP follow-up to the celebrated Dust Windows (2010), due out January 10, 2012. Honors • 2011 and 2010 Best Roots Act, Boston Phoenix Best Music Poll • 2010 New Artist of the Year, Boston Music Awards Press • AOL Spinner, “Kingsley Flood take on the American Dream with ‘Mannequin Man,’” 12/7/11 • Paste Magazine video premiere, 7/19/11 • National Public Radio (Song of the Day), “Kingsley Flood: Call of the Wild,” 5/16/11 • National Public Radio (Weekend Edition), “Kingsley Flood: Pushing Past Americana,” 8/22/10 • Boston Globe, “Kingsley Flood drops new EP,” 11/11/11 • Improper Bostonian, “Annual round-up of the city’s rising musical stars,” 8/11 • Portland Press Herald, “Kingsley Flood goes deep into the spirit of Americana,” 5/19/11 • Washington Examiner, “Kingsley Flood rises to acclaim, “ 1/6/11 • Baltimore Sun, “Kingsley Flood’s accidental Americana,” 9/30/10 Quotes • Boston Herald: “…the best live band in Boston.” • New Yorker: “…a modern brand of Americana.” • AOL Spinner: “Kingsley Flood play salt-of-the-earth type of music that doesn’t strive for authenticity – it claims it.” • NPR: “…a vintage radio feel and the momentum of a great live show.” • Boston.com: ““Colder Still…knocks the Decemberists’ leftovers EP Long Live The King out of my personal Number 1 spot.” • Boston Globe: “["I Don't Wanna Go Home"] is a doozy, roaring out of the speakers like a jingle-jangle summer jam from the late ’80s.” • Dig Boston: “The wise-beyond-their-years lyrics and plucky melodies are ever present, but the Flood’s become a well-oiled machine that somehow controls the immense amount of auricular chaos it produces between six members.” Live Radio Performances • WBUR- Boston, MA (12.5.11), National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition (8/22/10), WRUR- Rochester, NY (12/10/10), WMPG- Portland, ME (10/8/10), WMBR - Cambridge, MA (4/17/10, 7/13/10), WMFO- Medford, MA (3/31/10), WZLX- Boston (3/29/10), WERS- Boston (3/23/10). Licensing • Education First: “I Don’t Wanna Go Home,” in promo video, January 2012 • Converse: “I Don’t Wanna Go Home” in South by Southwest Promo video, March 2011 • WBZ Channel 4 (Boston): “Cul de Sac” in news promo from July 2010 to July 2011. Sales Notes • Amazon MP3: #1 bestseller in Roots-Rock (2.5 weeks), top five in Folk-Rock (2 weeks), top ten in Folk (2 weeks) • iTunes: #49 bestseller (Aug. 22, 2010 – between Bob Marley and Vampire Weekend) [email protected] | kingsleyflood.com .