The band was formed in 2009 by frontman Ralph Pelleymounter with Ian Dudfield and Josh Platman during their studies at University of Leeds, which was then called Kid iD. In late 2009, after a change of line-up, they renamed themselves, To Kill a King, as Jonathan Willoughby and Ben Jackson had joined the grouop. To Kill a King has been compared to bands such as The National, Grizzly Bear, Mumford & Sons and Frightened Rabbit.
