The sweet smell of success always draws the attention of vultures wanting to have a bite too. For Dutch indie rock band Kensington it’s the other way round. Vultures came before the hits, as it’s the title of the band’s second album. Their achievements at home are unrivalled. Additionally the album has been released internationally by Universal, in the GSA territories and Belgium.

Apart from the band’s name Kensington, named after similarly-titled areas in many international cities, which range from upmarket to impoverished, there has always been an international touch to Kensington. Their 2010 debut album Borders was recorded at Kaiser Chiefs' Nick ''Peanut'' Baines' studio in Leeds, while its 2012 successor Vultures was recorded in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Vultures was mixed by Cenzo Townshend - King among his peers in Britain – while American Steve Fallone (of Strokes fame) mastered both full-lengths. But let’s stop the name dropping here and focus on the band itself:

Domestically, Kensington is by far the band of the moment. Their string of summer festival appearances this year is endless, topped off by a show at Holland’s most craved for festival spot, namely Pinkpop’s main stage at prime time in mid June. All in all they will appear at over 50 festivals this summer. Add to this the gig at Hungary’s Sziget festival plus some interesting German and Austrian festivals, and it becomes clear that this band has the thickest festival agenda of the lot.