KING SHEIM —EPK
“…Their music was perfectly put together, raucous and shining with tongue-in-cheek certainty. Listening is not entirely unlike playing chicken with a freight train — you know you’re going to lose. You know you’ll be crushed, but you can’t help staring into the headlights for as long as your heart will let you. They left energy high — a mosh pit formed somewhere around their song “Spiders!” and stayed through the very end of their set, making them a hard act to follow.” By Abigail Boyer, The UW Daily, Jan 11, 2023.
“When King Sheim took the stage Thursday night at The Crocodile, the compact Back Bar was already packed, fans pressing in close to the band. King Sheim’s powerful stage presence drew focused attention even from the back of the room. King Sheim is a punk rock band, but their willingness to be playful and incorporate other styles sets them apart.” Dans Tunes, December 2019
King Sheim is fun, danceable, upbeat punk-pop written by Seattle native Celeste Felsheim. King Sheim combines Celeste’s love of grunge and punk rock with their love of poetry and passion for performance. King Sheim is Celeste Felsheim, Baylee Harper and Miranda Kitchpanich.
Celeste graduated from Cornish College Of The Arts, with a Bachelors of Music in Composition and Songwriting.
PERFORMANCE CREDITS INCLUDE:
NEUMOS for GIRLS WHO INDIE (August 24th, 2023)
Capitol Hill Block Party [music festival] Cafe Racer stage (July 2023)
NEUMOS with The Kerrys and The Departures (January 12th, 2023)
Barboza [Sold Out] with the band THEM (Dec 9th, 2022)
Belltown Bloom [music festival] (May 6th 2022)
Tractor Tavern (August 2021 & April 2022, opening for Mattiel)
Private event at Westland Distillery with Naked Giants (February 2020)
The Crocodile Back Bar with band Public Pool (December 2019)
Private Event for MOPOP Founders and Krist Novaselic @ The Amazon Spheres (2019)
MOPOP Founders award for Brandi Carlile @ MOPOP Youth Stage (2019)
Semi Finalist in Sound Off @ MOPOP Skychurch (2019)
KEXP Youth Stage at Kirkland Summerfest (July 2019)
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art- August 2019
Egan’s Jam House, Cornish Singer Songwriter Showcase 2018, 2019 & 2022
The Vera Project, with Another Perfect Crime and SuperCoze
Rain City Rock Camp Stage at Upstream Music Festival with Jenn Champion and The Morning After
Central Saloon December 2017 with the band Do Not Pass Go
Audience Draw Pre-Pandemic:
under age weekend draw: 35-50
over 21 weekend draw: 20-35
Spotify Listeners:
54k Streams
11k Listeners
Contact Info:
Celeste Felsheim (they/them)
kingsheim96@gmail.com
@king.sheim (Instagram; 2900+ followers)
mobile: 206.954.0455
MORE Praise, BABY!
‘When King Sheim took the stage Thursday night at The Crocodile, the compact Back Bar was already packed, fans pressing in close to the band. King Sheim’s powerful stage presence drew focused attention even from the back of the room. King Sheim is a punk rock band, but their willingness to be playful and incorporate other styles sets them apart. The band members bring their real identities to the stage, not just a persona. Lead vocalist and guitarist Celeste Felsheim holds impressive versatility both in her on-stage personality and in her musical style. From more aggressive, classic punk songs like “Hell of a Deal” to more vulnerable tracks like “Queen of The Losers,” Felsheim never allowed her focus and infectious energy to dip. She had fun — smiling to herself as she sang — but throughout the set maintained dedicated attention and enthusiasm to the music. Guitarist Sadie Bernard and drummer Eli Bolan were similarly dynamic, and I couldn’t keep my eyes off bass player Luke Sorensen, who continually thrashed his shoulder-length blond hair wildly as he played. As King Sheim exited, they were met with an enthusiastic wave of audience members rushing in to offer their compliments. Sorensen, especially, received heaps of praise’- Dan’s Tunes Review- December 12th 2019 - by NAOMI PRINGLE
“MY FAVORITE SET CAME FROM KING SHEIM, A RECENTLY DEVELOPED TRIO LED BY THE EXUBERANT CELESTE FELSHEIM. WHAT’S REMARKABLE ABOUT KING SHEIM IS THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE INFLUENCES — MOSTLY RIOT GRRL — BUT NEVER FIND THE SOUND IMITATIVE OR REDUCTIVE. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THEY’RE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEIR MUSICAL FORERUNNERS. THEIR ROCK IS A THRILLINGLY SHAPE-SHIFTING KIND THAT RECALLS THE FINEST OF THE DISTILLERS AND THE RECENTLY FORMED PRIESTS. FELSHEIM, WHOSE HOT-BLOODED SINGING IS AS HEARTFELT AS HER CATHARTIC GROWLS, PROVED HERSELF ONE OF THE MOST ENGAGING FRONT-PEOPLE OF THE EVENING”.
“I LOVE FEEDING OFF OF A CROWD AND HAVING FUN ON STAGE,” SHE SAID IN AN EMAIL BEFORE THE SHOW. BY THE TIME KING SHEIM’S 20 MINUTES WERE OVER, FELSHEIM HAD UNDOUBTEDLY DONE BOTH- BLAKE PETERSON ON DAILY UW, FEBRUARY 19TH 2019
“KING SHEIM, AN ANGSTY, PUNK ROCK PROJECT FRONTED BY CELESTE FELSHEIM, BROUGHT A REAL-LIFE, OLD-SCHOOL PROM TO SKY CHURCH. FELSHEIM HERSELF DONNED A BLACK, SPARKLY ROMPER WITH BLACK COMBAT BOOTS, AND HER BASSIST ROCKED A PLAID SUIT WITH BLACK SUSPENDERS. WITH SONGS LIKE “PROM HEELS” AND FELSHEIM’S PENCHANT FOR CALLING HER FRIENDS OUT BY NAME THROUGHOUT THE SET, KING SHEIM MADE ME WANT TO DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY AND STICK IT TO THE MAN.
WHILE THE BAND WASN’T SUPER TIGHT, IT DIDN’T REALLY MATTER. THIS GROUP HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF GREATNESS, FROM FELSHEIM’S ADMISSION OF LOOKING AT HER “ARM SETLIST” TO THE GROUP’S BIT ABOUT BEING THIRSTY TO INTRODUCE THEIR TRACK, “GRAPE SODA,” NOT TO MENTION THE GENERALLY IMPECCABLE SONGWRITING. FUCK BEING TIGHT; THIS IS PUNK ROCK, AND THIS WAS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT” DAN RAY ON DANS TUNES FEBRUARY 18TH 2019
“This Seattle-based trio combines trebly guitars & rock drums with melodies that walk on a tightrope made out of Sour Patch Kids candies. Influenced by the 90s riot grrl scene, King Sheim weaves traditional feminine imagery with high energy instrumentals to create infinitely danceable tracks made for those in Doc Martins and lace. Celeste Felsheim’s grounded vocals are catchy and inviting with an edge like Fiona Apple run through Courtney Love’s blender”- MoPop Interview Feb 2019