Released on 5th May 2008, I Am A Missile was both the Kingsize Five’s debut single and the first ever release by Little Genius Music. It achieved several plays on BBC 6 Music and on Steve Lamacq’s new music show on BBC Radio 2. It reached number 1 in the iTunes Blues Chart and Single of the Week in Organ Magazine.
Learn more about the Kingsize Five here.
Tracklisting
1: I Am A Missile
2: Capricorn
One For My Daddy was The Kingsize Five’s second single was released on 14th July 2008. Like it’s predecessor, it also made it to the number slot in the iTunes Blues chart. Gideon Coe was a fan and played it several times on his BBC 6 Music show, as did fellow 6 Music DJ Tom Robinson.
Tracklisting
1: One For My Daddy
2: A Very Serious Artist
The third single from The Kingsize Five came out on 15th June 2009 and featured the bands potty mouthed live favourite as the lead track. The X rated nature of the lyrics put paid to any radio play but as with all the band’s other singles, the work went straight to number 1 in the iTunes Blues chart. The EP also featured a hard swinging version of AC/DC’s Whole Lotta Rosie.
“Stomps like a super charged cabaret horn section. When they really let rip, as in potty mouthed Glen Miller pastiche Big Sis Little Sis, they hit home with bawdy theatrical panache.” Thomas H Green – Q Magazine
Tracklisting
1: Big Sis Little Sis
2: Whole Lotta Rosie
3: Up In Your Room
4: Big Sis Little Sis (cleaned up version for radio)
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