The Whitest Boy Alive!
you know when a bunch of great indie albums keep getting released and you can't decide which one is your favourite until another new artist releases something that makes you forget about the rest, this is the case with "Whitest Boy Alive", The band formed by the GEEK himself "Erlend Öye" if you don't know him he's a major electornic/dance producer who remixed for many ppl including "Royksopp". When he wasn't being himself & working on his solo music he became a member of "Kings Of Convenience" still making electronic music though but that all changed when he decided to start a new berlin based indie project "Whitest Boy Alive" leading it with his naive, sensitive vocals & using only live instruments "Guitar, Drums..etc". Even though their music has nothing to do with electronica it does sometimes feel like it with guitar or without.
They originally started as an Electronica trio but slowly shifted to an Indie band! There has been a lot of hype building around "Whitest Boy Alive" specially on blogs… as there should be. Some of you will remember "Madonna - Hollywood" when listening to their promo single "Inflation" and the reason is simply the bassline.
WBA - Dreams
1/June/20006
01. Burning (1st Official Single)
02. Above You
03. Inflation (Promo Single)
04. Fireworks
05. Done With You
06. Don't Give Up
07. Figures
08. Borders
09. Golden Cage
10. All Ears
DL: WBA - Inflation/Burning (EP)
*A truly original pop band making the simplest sounding songs the hardest way, making us feel the beautiful sounds of human interaction again... before this i really missed hearing a group actually playing together who make their music themselves without over sampling beeps and beats. I proudly say that i'm a fan now.
Links:
Official site
Official MySpace
Purchase/Preview
Guitar + Bass + Drums + Voice = The Whitest Boys Alive <3
