Kingsize

Kingsize is a group from Leicester that is active from 2003 to the present. The name is used for more than one act in the input, but the Leicester-based group is the one anchored by the verified details. It is associated with UK ska, and the tags also link it with indie, British rap, Bulgarian rap and breakbeat.

Overview

The group is described in one account as a four-piece act making hard-edged rock and roll, with an openness to pop experimentation. It is also listed elsewhere as an underground hip-hop group from Yambol, Bulgaria, and another separate entry identifies a Dutch MC from The Hague using the same name. Those descriptions refer to different acts sharing the same name.

Live activity and associations

Kingsize has supported a range of UK indie and alternative acts, including Little Man Tate, Dogs, Harrisons, The Sunshine Underground, Mumm Ra, Metro Riots, Reverend and The Makers, The Dykeenies, Five O'Clock Heroes and the 747s.

Music and style

The available description presents Kingsize as a group willing to mix straightforward rock and roll with pop influences. Another account attached to the same name describes protest-minded hip-hop and ragga, with songs focused on social conditions, everyday life and criticism of corruption and pretension. A further entry under the same name notes releases titled De Ongekroonde Koning and Troonrede and a link to Wilde Westen Records, but that refers to the Dutch MC rather than the Leicester group.