The Whitest Boy Alive "Dreams"

Artist: The Whitest Boy Alive
Album: Dreams
Label: Smalltown Supersound
Release date: 5 June 2006
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock/Electro Pop

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Tracklisting:
01. Burning
02. Above You
03. Inflation
04. Fireworks
05. Done With You
06. Don't Give Up
07. Figures
08. Borders
09. Golden Cage
10. All Ears
Total running time: 41' 29"

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[The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage - Video Clip]

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[The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning - Video Clip]

"Alongside his partner Eirik Glambek Bøe, Erlend Øye spent most of the early ’00s playing timid Norwegian folk-pop in Kings of Convenience, a brainy guitar-and-voice duo whose name perfectly reflected its stripped-down setup. Between Kings releases, Øye has also tended to a sideline in electronic music, releasing a solo album made with a group of guest producers and assembling a likable mix-CD that featured his singing over disco-house tracks by other acts.

Øye’s latest project is the Whitest Boy Alive, a Berlin-based quartet that began in 2003 as a dance group but “has slowly developed into a band without any programmed elements,” as explained carefully on its website. Once again, the group’s name is apt: Dreams, the Boy’s debut, is a remarkably wimpy bit of indie pop, meticulously constructed out of breathy vocal melodies, spindly guitar lines and romantic reflections like this one, from “Fireworks”: “You keep your cards so close to your chest, you’re making me confused.” Poor baby!

Yet thanks to Øye’s time-tested trust in the merits of minimalism, Dreams doesn’t play like the overly precious pity party it could have been. In its uncluttered economy, the music echoes early-’80s outfits such as Young Marble Giants and Everything But the Girl (before its own dance-music phase). And despite his self-effacing manner, Øye actually manages to give a few numbers a sly sexiness that should make him a pinup on the walls of public-library break rooms worldwide." [source]

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