Music
The Whitest Boy Alive
The extremely shy dance group is still very much alive seventeen years after its last album.
Inspiration comes on horseback but leaves on foot. The Whitest Boy Alive released their only two full-length albums in 2006 (Dreams) and 2009 (Rules), a period in which Erlend Øye was also very busy with his band Kings of Convenience. Since then, the band has been on the back burner, flare-ups occurring mostly when the stars align. And when they do, their snow-white disco sound truly shines. Seen from Berlin and Bergen, their cities of origin, hits like 'Burning' and '1517' sound remarkably subtropical. The Northern European warmth lies in the travel-show-worthy guitar lines, the playful organs of Daniel Nentwig and especially Øye's singular voice, which beams at you like a polar day.
