Sleeping Kings of Iona

Sleeping Kings Of Iona, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, June 20

This still-young Buffalo band logged some serious road miles this year, along the way bringing an increasing amount of electronic influence to bear on its dreamy art-pop. At this show, the band opened for new wave legends Blondie and turned in an inspired set.
- Buffalo News, Jeff Miers

Buffalo's own Sleeping Kings Of Iona are on the leading edge of modern indie-electronica and space-rock, and remain a must-see in local clubs.

The band seemed to have slipped off the radar in recent months, but no worries - the group has undergone an amicable lineup change, and has been bunkered in the recording studio, banging some new music into shape for a forthcoming full-length release.

Hear a few of these tripped-out works in progress here -

http://www.myspace.com/sleepingkingsofiona

- Buffalo News, Jeff Miers

If there ¡s a Buffalo band that has quietly captured sparkling accolades and a rabid following in the last year, it is undoubtedly Sleeping Kings of Iona. The group has done this by working beyond the structure and accepted context of the typical "rock" band. With their inventive and challenging sound, they have eschewed mainstream rock and pop histrionics. The band creates a dynamic music laden with dreamy soundscapes, intersection of guitars both quiet and crashing along with a penchant for experimentation. All of this has drawn Iona comparisons to a Buffalo-originated collective that came more than a decade before them, the internationally lauded Mercury Rev. Iona's music also recalls the heralded sonic adventures of groups like Sigur Ros and Mogwai (the latter being a band with whom they have recently shared a bill) Sleeping Kings of Iona makes its own rules, whether its spending months in the studio tweaking and tinkering with a forth-coming full-length or playing all electronic sets using keyboards and drum machines exclusively. - Donny Kutzbach, Artvoice