Change in Musical Style and Sound
At the end of her tour for Legs to Make Us Longer in 2005, King departed from her previous musical direction, out of a desire to escape being pigeonholed as a solo instrumental artist. She amicably parted ways with major label Sony/Epic and returned to her original label, Velour, to begin work on her third album ...Until We Felt Red. Released August 8, 2006 on Velour Records, the album features production work by Tortoise's John McEntire. With the prominence of electric guitar, shoegazing and effect boxes on the new record, and the addition of a full band, the music website AV Club called the sound a "post-rock makeover." She supported the album by going on tour with Sarah Bettens from K's Choice.
Dave Grohl invited King to appear as a guitarist on the track "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners", a song penned by Grohl for the upcoming studio album by the Foo Fighters. King agreed and is credited on the album, entitled, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, released on September 25, 2007. On November 18, 2007, she joined Dave Grohl on stage to perform the track at the O2 arena in London. Grohl highly praised King's performance:
There are some guitar players that are good and there are some guitar players that are really fucking good. And then there's Kaki King.King toured with the Foo Fighters on the Australian leg of the Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace tour. While on tour, King finished recording what became the Day Sleeper (Australian tour EP). It was released in late 2007, after King had finished work on August Rush, and with Eddie Vedder and Sean Penn on Into The Wild.
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