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Who Is To Kill A King?
Born Cedric Hailey (K-Ci), September 2, 1969; Joel Hailey (JoJo) born, June 10, 1971; both brothers born in Charlotte, North Carolina; parents were gospel singers; children: K-Ci, a son; JoJo, a daughter.
The band was formed in 2009 by frontman Ralph Pelleymounter with Ian Dudfield and Josh Platman during their studies at University of Leeds. The band was then called Kid iD, in late 2009 they renamed themselves, "To Kill A King", as Jonathan Willoughby and Ben Jackson had also joined the band. The band has been compared to bands such as The National, Grizzly Bear, Mumford & Sons and Frightened Rabbit. Their first single "Fictional State" was released on the 29 May 2011. A video for the single was made in April 2011 by director Jack King.
The band has been the support act for recent Dog Is Dead and Bastille tour dates. To Kill A King are due to play at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2013.
The band signed with Xtra Mile Recordings in August 2013 in order to re-release their debut album Cannibal With Cutlery as a 'deluxe-version' on October 7. The 'deluxe version' will have four additional tracks, compared to the regular release.
Between April and July 2012, To Kill A King uploaded videos for the songs Funeral, Let It Die and Rays, videos that they had made during rehearsals of the tracks.
They uploaded a video for Howling to their YouTube account on 8th October 2012. The making of the video involved Ralph Pelleymounter being seated for 36 hours while 5,000 photographs were captured and used to form a video.
The EP was made available for Free Digital Download. The band also held a competition in which those who spread the news of their new EP in the most creative way, would receive a free copy of the Word of Mouth CD.
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