Q&A: Kings of Convenience on new album and key to longevity

Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe of a Norwegian indie-pop folk duo Kings of Convenience released a new album “Peace Or Love” in June

SEOUL, South Korea -- “What happened to Kings of Convenience” was, until recently, a prominent search result that would appear when looking up info on the Norwegian indie-pop folk duo. Largely quiet since the release of their last album, the band recently broke their silence with “Peace Or Love,” Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe’s first album together in 12 years. The duo picked up exactly where they left off, returning with a bundle of warm melodies familiar in their earlier albums, their official debut “Quiet is the New Loud” in 2001, “Riot on an Empty Street” in 2004, and 2009’s “Declaration of Independence.” Hailing from Bergen, a city in Norway’s southwestern coast, Øye and Bøe first bonded with each other in school. Their first musical collaboration was a comedic song about a gym teacher who reminded them of a “failed colonel” attempting to drill soldier-like disciplines into kids.