Shavo Odadjian and North Kingsley Release Debut EP

North Kingsley: Vol. 1System of a Down has been in a stalemate over recording new music, but that hasn’t stopped Shavo Odadjian from creating. After announcing his new band North Kingsley earlier this year, the group has dropped their first EP. Vol. 1 is the first of a series of EPs that will be coming out periodically.

“We have 12 songs finished and ready to go,” the bassist told Billboard. “It was going to be an album, and then I started thinking, ‘We’re living in 2020; crazy times. Forget about the album — let’s drop music. Let’s do EPs. Let’s do four EPs of three songs and drop ’em every three months, and we’ll keep being relevant.’ I really don’t think there’s a bad song — that’s my opinion — so we can have three big songs at a time and even drop one song if that’s what we want to do.”

The band started as Odadjian was building his own studio and hired hip-hop producer Saro Paparian to teach him Logic Pro. The relationship turned collaborative and they added lyricist/vocalist Ray Hawthorne to the mix. Get a taste of their sound with “Like That?”:

Odadjian says North Kinglsey has even more songs written past the twelve they’ve set for release. He’s also saving some new music for System of A Down in the hopes that they can get on the same page. Vol. 1 is available now as a digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).

Vol. 1 Track List:

  1. Die For The Pic
  2. Like That?
  3. Shot Guns

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