Kensington
Kensington is a rock band from Utrecht, The Netherlands. The band was forme… Read Full Bio ↴Kensington is a rock band from Utrecht, The Netherlands. The band was formed in 2005 and has released two EPs and three albums since then. Their first album Borders was released in 2010. Its follow-up, Vultures, came out in 2012. In the summer of 2014, they released their third album Rivals.
Current band members:
Eloi Youssef - vocals, guitar, keys
Casper Starreveld - guitar, vocals, keys
Jan Haker - bass, keys, backing vocals
Niles Vandenberg - drums
The band formed in 2006 with Casper Starreveld on lead vocals, and with original drummer Lucas Lenselink, after the dissolution of the band Quad. In the same year they released their first single "An Introduction To...", followed by their self-titled first EP in 2007, which featured guitarist Eloi Youssef as co-lead vocalist for the first time.
Drummer Lucas Lenselink decided to leave the band in 2008, and was succeeded by Niles Vandenberg. In the same year the band released their "Youth" EP, which gained them their first country wide airplay. The band's sudden success lead to the release of Kensington's first album, "Borders", which was released in 2010. The album was the first to have Eloi Youssef sing all of the lead vocals, with Casper Sterreveld handling the backing vocals.
There’s no such thing as a key to success, but recording your debut Borders in Kaiser Chiefs’ studio in Leeds, getting it mastered by John Davis (U2, Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol) and sharing the stage with the likes of Razorlight, My Chemical Romance and The Wombats, definitely make up for a good start. In 2011 this success is starting to pay off.
After playing the Eurosonic/Noorderslag festival in January 2011, (popular music magazine OOR: “One of the best bands of the Netherlands”) things started rolling for Kensington. The band performs in prime-time TV talk show ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ and embarks on a headlining No Borders tour throughout Holland. They sell out venues such as Paradiso (Amsterdam), Rotown (Rotterdam) and Tivoli (Utrecht), and a concert review by 3VOOR12 (leading online music magazine) speaks of “international standards”.
With their single Let Go, which was recorded in Berlin and mastered in New York, the band’s ascent continues. Radio 3FM (one of the largest Dutch radio stations) starts playing the song the day after the band returns from the studio and the song quickly reaches ‘3FM Megahit’ status, resulting in heavy airplay. A second headlining tour is announced along with a long list of summer festivals. Furthermore, the band is nominated for 'Best newcomer' at the 3FM Awards 2011. In two years time, Kensington have established themselves in the Dutch music scene.
In 2012 the band released their second album, Vultures, and played as headliner on many Dutch festivals that year and in 2013. In the summer of 2014 third album Rivals. Shortly after, they announced a European tour with over 20 dates in several countries. The finish of the tour will be in the Ziggo Dome. The first show sold out in eleven hours which made the band decide to add a second show as well. The second gig sold out as well, confirming Kensington's status as one of the biggest dutch acts.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2006 - An Introduction To... (EP)
2007 - Kensington (EP)
2008 - Youth (EP)
2010 - Borders
2012 - Vultures
2014 - Rivals
Current band members:
Eloi Youssef - vocals, guitar, keys
Casper Starreveld - guitar, vocals, keys
Jan Haker - bass, keys, backing vocals
Niles Vandenberg - drums
The band formed in 2006 with Casper Starreveld on lead vocals, and with original drummer Lucas Lenselink, after the dissolution of the band Quad. In the same year they released their first single "An Introduction To...", followed by their self-titled first EP in 2007, which featured guitarist Eloi Youssef as co-lead vocalist for the first time.
Drummer Lucas Lenselink decided to leave the band in 2008, and was succeeded by Niles Vandenberg. In the same year the band released their "Youth" EP, which gained them their first country wide airplay. The band's sudden success lead to the release of Kensington's first album, "Borders", which was released in 2010. The album was the first to have Eloi Youssef sing all of the lead vocals, with Casper Sterreveld handling the backing vocals.
There’s no such thing as a key to success, but recording your debut Borders in Kaiser Chiefs’ studio in Leeds, getting it mastered by John Davis (U2, Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol) and sharing the stage with the likes of Razorlight, My Chemical Romance and The Wombats, definitely make up for a good start. In 2011 this success is starting to pay off.
After playing the Eurosonic/Noorderslag festival in January 2011, (popular music magazine OOR: “One of the best bands of the Netherlands”) things started rolling for Kensington. The band performs in prime-time TV talk show ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ and embarks on a headlining No Borders tour throughout Holland. They sell out venues such as Paradiso (Amsterdam), Rotown (Rotterdam) and Tivoli (Utrecht), and a concert review by 3VOOR12 (leading online music magazine) speaks of “international standards”.
With their single Let Go, which was recorded in Berlin and mastered in New York, the band’s ascent continues. Radio 3FM (one of the largest Dutch radio stations) starts playing the song the day after the band returns from the studio and the song quickly reaches ‘3FM Megahit’ status, resulting in heavy airplay. A second headlining tour is announced along with a long list of summer festivals. Furthermore, the band is nominated for 'Best newcomer' at the 3FM Awards 2011. In two years time, Kensington have established themselves in the Dutch music scene.
In 2012 the band released their second album, Vultures, and played as headliner on many Dutch festivals that year and in 2013. In the summer of 2014 third album Rivals. Shortly after, they announced a European tour with over 20 dates in several countries. The finish of the tour will be in the Ziggo Dome. The first show sold out in eleven hours which made the band decide to add a second show as well. The second gig sold out as well, confirming Kensington's status as one of the biggest dutch acts.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2006 - An Introduction To... (EP)
2007 - Kensington (EP)
2008 - Youth (EP)
2010 - Borders
2012 - Vultures
2014 - Rivals
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Kensington Lyrics
All Before You Baby are you doin all right I promise that I don't…
All For Nothing Hurry up now, don't you know that I'm waiting For the…
All That I Know It's all that I know, it's all they've told us A…
Bats Gone And I let it Go And I'll get it Could I ever speak Will…
Bridges Yet another unstable weekend We bought our own praise with e…
Call My Name Lies give me lies Run for the tides All of my life Holdin…
Chronos Pt. 1 I'm told that I should not have seen it I know…
Do I Ever Can't sit around holding up my guard Let it all go Let…
Don't Look Back Breaking the silence Facing the fight Can't stand that I a…
Done With It So, now the best are right So, now the best are…
Fiji Whenever the day will break Another mistake will take hold O…
Franklin Exits All the time you cast aside All the purest of thoughts As…
Friendly Fire Friendly fire on the horizon I'll stay close behind decide …
Ghosts No, you will never be all We were never all right I…
Go Down To hold A feeling of no rest in my bones To realize…
Home Again You got to go Go stop it or you will be…
I Was Too Scared I wait around and bide the time Where hesitation numbs the…
Insane (ooh) a seat on the stand As you're causing a row There…
Island I don't want to blame I just want to leave this…
It Doesn't Have To Hurt Could a spark Illuminate the dark You dit it all You've a…
Kilimanjaro Keep me away Leave me alone Keep me away To kill us in…
Let Go All our time we spend together Then we lose our minds,…
Little Light Going out on a weekday Hoping on the collide With a soul…
No Way Out Back No way out Tonight No way out No way out From ou…
Not As Bright I'm close to the nearest exit Slowly begin to see Correct …
Regret To rise To rule Two heights I′ve never been 'Cause your mout…
Rely On So that I′m beating the odds And I'm running all the…
Riddles Get it now Tell me how to get it now To hold…
Ride Come on and ride. We ought to leave it We ought to…
Rivals Down by the waves We're holding on to all that we…
Safe Save us save us from our secrets Save us from ourselves Sa…
Send Me Away You won't let it, you won't take it You brew us…
Slicer What do you take me for? I will never be an…
So Am I So am I, am I the only one who knows…
Sorry Sorry for the road that I won't take For the words…
St. Helena And when the heat is gone And the fire is out And…
Streets So, whenever they'll say that all we had is bound…
System Gone down in a spiral again Either pull up or dive…
The Heart of It The heart, the heart of it The essential part where it…
Thieves And Murderers This is not the first time I'm upright in my bed…
Uncharted No one knows just what to say It's like we're in…
Waiting for a Sign Slow down, before you're stabbing my eyes out Calm down, fo…
War So, cut my hands and pull my arms in All unforeseen…
What Lies Ahead Cold and broken down It's all I knew I let it corner…
What's Gotten Into Us? Say, are you willing to go? Taking chances on a different…
When It All Falls Down Home, the cornerstone Where everything we know Is anything…
Words You Don't Know Hold it in long when you breathe it in And it…
Youth Oooohh, We saw you change over time and it shows, It shows…
Zeros I wanna know Could you please tell me what the secret's…
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on Done With It
I completely disagree - I think to see references to a poker game. Also some parts I think are different (even though on the website of the band the lyrics seem to be not accurate and unfortunately Eloi is not known for his best pronunciation (he has much other good qualities)
Gone by now instead of gone but now...
Gunning out iso gone and out
But again you rise iso ride