Spring King

{{Short description|British rock band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| origin = Macclesfield, England, UK

| genre = Garage rock, indie rock, pop punk

| years_active = {{start date|2012}}–2018

| label = Island Records

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| website = {{URL|www.springkingband.com}}

| current_members = Tarek Musa
Pete Darlington
Andy Morton
James Green

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Spring King were a four-piece English garage rock band from Macclesfield, who played at SXSW in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-radar/sxsw-2015-in-review-nme-writers-have-their-say-on-the-best-new-bands|title=SXSW 2015 In Review - NME Writers Have Their Say On The Best New Bands|author=NME.COM|work=NME.COM}} They are "a small-scale, art-pop-punk project based in Manchester".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/01/spring-king-interview-apple-music-beats-one|title=Spring King: meet the first ever band played on Apple's Beats 1|magazine=Wired UK}} They began as a solo project in 2012 of songwriter and producer Tarek Musa, who also sings and plays drums.{{cite web|last1=Monger|first1=Timothy|title=Spring King - Artist Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/spring-king-mn0003385405/biography|website=Allmusic|accessdate=17 December 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Vincent|first1=Alice|title=New music: Spring King|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/spring-king-new-music/|accessdate=17 December 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=21 August 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/58242-spring-king|title=Spring King - Artist Profile|last=|first=|date=|website=eventseeker.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-17}}

Notably, their track "City" was the first song played on Beats 1 by Zane Lowe.{{cite news|last1=Milton|first1=Jamie|title=How Spring King Finally Broke Through|url=https://diymag.com/2015/10/14/how-spring-king-finally-broke-through|accessdate=17 December 2015|work=DIY|date=14 October 2015}}

Two of their songs, "City" and "Tell Me If You Like To" were featured on the soundtrack of the 2017 racing sim Gran Turismo Sport, with the former also being featured in Asphalt Legends Unite.

"Who Are You?" is on the soundtrack of the 2016 soccer game FIFA 17.

Spring King was the supporting act for the Kaiser Chiefs, 'Stay Together Tour' (February - March 2017). They also supported Kasabian at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax and the Royal Albert Hall.

Spring King disbanded in November 2018.{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Sam |title=All the bands who split up in 2018 |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/bands-split-2018-2422593 |website=NME |date=16 December 2018 |access-date=12 May 2021}}

Frontman Tarek Musa began a solo project in 2019 under the name Dead Nature, releasing his first EP on 26 July of the same year. Guitarist Pete Darlington and bass player James Green have continued to work together, their band Meadow Meadow released its debut self-titled EP on 19 August 2020.