Boy in the Bubble's new album The King is not be a typical jewel-case CD, but an illustrated book of lyrics with a download code inside. The King is as diverse as watchers of Boy in the Bubble have come to expect, with Beatlesy love songs, Blood on the Tracks-era stories, Decemberists-style epics, southern rock stomps, and tender acoustic ballads.

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Boy in the Bubble recent press:

“It's an expansive album, in terms of both mood and texture...When Seidenfeld sings about love, he slurs and stretches out the words. When he gets angry he sings with high, steely resolve. In either case, it's dazzling.”

– East Bay Express

“Avoiding the boring and inevitable death of CDs, Boy in the Bubble went above and beyond by emphasizing their imagination and creativity with this colorful and fun little book/record...Not only is the package amazing, the record is ridiculously awesome as well.”

– Kata Rokkar

One of the things that I really like about this, beyond the fact that they do great music – great lyrics, a great mix of glam rock and current sensibility – is that they’re very environmentally conscious. They released this album as a book of lyrics with a code for you to download the album, so you don’t have to worry about plastics.”

– KQED (NPR) The Do List (San Francico Chronicle’s David Wiegand speaking)

[The King] was recorded in] summer, and you can hear the heat in the bass drums and the sweat slipping into the finished album.”

– San Francisco Chronicle

“Boy in the Bubble play an arresting game of musical hopscotch…Alternating between soft and sighing, loud and sloppy, [singer Josh Seidenfeld] knows exactly where he's going—and he's intent on taking us with him. Call Songs From the City on the Sun indie-rock at a burlesque show. Call it David Bowie on the verge of a meltdown. Call it what you like, but don't miss this Sun set.”

– Performing Songwriter

“Beware, if you snooze you might miss out on some great lines like "When I said that I'd go to the ends of the earth for you, I forgot to mention that you'd have to come with me."

– The Deli SF