Ones to watch: King Charles

Would you trust this man?

His knotted beehive is enormous, his moustache is groomed to within an inch of its life and the expression on his face suggests he's been spending far too much time hanging with his trustafarian pals on East London's trendiest street corners.

Perhaps a full-length picture will do him more justice.


If you're still with us, his name is King Charles - or just Charles if you want to annoy him - and his so-uncool-it's-cool persona appears to be winning him a sizeable fanbase.

His music has been described as "gloriously psychedelic and exploding with vibrant sounds," while his support slots with Mumford & Sons in the US and Noah and the Whale have already earned major cool points with indie-goers.

But is he actually any good? Digital Spy went to see him play a set in London before Christmas (there were trendy teapots and fancy cupcakes, natch), and beyond appearances, we have to admit there was something mightily intriguing about him.

His new single 'LoveBlood' reminded us of a good Vampire Weekend song and was probably our favourite of what we heard; and though we heard some seriously questionable lyrics on more than one occasion, there was something fresh and mildly charming about his outlandish style.

You watch the music video for 'LoveBlood' below, which is available to download now.



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