[HQ] Kings Of Convenience - Failure [MUSIC VIDEO]

2001

[HQ] Kings Of Convenience - Failure [MUSIC VIDEO] (2001) Era: Post-Millennial Acoustic Revival (2001) - Norwegian indie folk breakthrough era; Quiet Is the New Loud campaign; early-digital low-saturation documentary aesthetic aligned with the 'quiet is the new loud' anti-bombast movement High. 'Failure' represents a foundational visual document of the early-2000s new acoustic movement and the international breakthrough of the Bergen indie scene. With no director credited and minimal archival documentation, this video is a research priority for gap-filling in the Music Video Wiki corpus. The confirmed dual-location shoot (London/Bergen) and the quantitative profile, low brightness, warm temperature, desaturated palette, fast-cut documentary style, form an unusually coherent aesthetic fingerprint for the era. Tier 1.5 due to the cultural significance of the parent album and the scarcity of production documentation. Context: Released as a single from Kings of Convenience's debut album Quiet Is the New Loud (January 2001, Source/Astralwerks), 'Failure' emerged at the vanguard of the early-2000s new acoustic movement. The duo, Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, both Bergen-born, offered a deliberate counterpoint to the nu-metal and garage-rock maximalism dominating mainstream radio. The album title itself became a manifesto slogan. Critically compared to Simon & Garfunkel and Belle & Sebastian, their stripped-down approach, fingerpicked acoustic guitars, close harmonies, spare orchestral touches including a strident cello on 'Failure', crystallised a pan-European indie-folk aesthetic that would go on to influence Iron & Wine, Turin Brakes, and José González. The Bergen scene, shared with electronic contemporaries Röyksopp, gained international recognition as a creative hub in this period. Director notes: The video was filmed across two locations: London and Bergen, Norway, as documented in the Discogs CD1 release notes. This dual-location production is consistent with the duo's biography, they had relocated to London in the period leading up to the album's release. The video accompanies the 2001 UK single release on Source Records (EMI), catalogue SOURV 036 / SOURCD 019. No production company, commissioner, or crew credits have been located in any publicly searchable database.