When Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience prefaced their show Tuesday night at the Phoenix by stating that everyone should try to remain silent while they played the more quiet songs in their catalog, as well as try to refrain from buying drinks at the bar during their set so that it would keep any noise interference to a minimum, I was expecting the show to fully prepared for the night to be a bit of a snooze-fest.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I adore Kings of Convenience. But the idea of two male vocalists singing earnest lyrics, accompanied by the samba-rhythm of acoustic guitars doesn’t exactly scream RAWK OUT! But one minute into their opener “My Ship Isn’t Pretty” and I began to realize that “rawking out” is highly overrated.

For the next hour-and-a-half, the guys played selections from all three of their albums, including “I’d Rather Dance With You”, “Homesick”, “Boat Behind”, and my all-time favourite, “I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From”.

And things did eventually pick up, if not fully rawk out. Later in their set the guys were joined by openers Franklin For Short and they performed more “Rule My World” and “I’d Rather Dance With You” with an impromptu dance party breaking out, complete with two lucky fans pulled onto stage.

And I’ll say this about Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe: these guys are two of the most charming and effortlessly funny musicians I have ever seen. Their banter in between songs was — at the risk of sounding completely gay — enchanting?

Here they are playing “Me In You” Monday night on Fallon.