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The Whitest Boy Alive has a chirpy 7" out on Modular. Phil tells me this is Erlend Oye from Kings Of Convenience. 'Burning' is not really my forte but it doesn't make me want to stab my face off or anything. It's just gentle breezy, acoustic indie pop. '24K' on the flip is written by Morgen Geist. It has a smoky disco vibe with a smattering of Jazz and funk.7" on Modular."Imagine Kraftwerk producing Fleetwood Mac" PITCHFORK
"Oye sounds like he's been waiting all his life to embrace the electric guitar...his lyrics negotiate melancholy more astutely than either his electronic solo debut or acoustic duo Kings of Convenience" SPIN
After for what feels like a lifetime of waiting, The Whitest Boy Alive hits UK shores this month to tour their stunning debut album ‘Dreams’. However first comes debut single ‘Burning’. Showcasing the band’s distinctive eponymous lo-fi haunting pop at its most upbeat, ‘Burning’ is beautiful yet dark, sublime and danceable - the perfect introduction to the world of The Whitest Boy Alive.
TWBA are a fairly secretive band who let their music do the talking and Modular was happy to use their world to help spread this wonderful record through word of mouth.
What do we know? Well, they’re a four-piece based in Berlin and they recorded their music without any superficial layering or effects. The album is also a rarity in that it was recorded entirely live. We also know that they’re fronted by Erlend Oye (who you may know as one half of Kings of Convenience) and that the quartet originally started in 2003 as an electronic dance music project when lead singer Erlend hooked up with Marcin Oz, resident DJ at the city’s WMF club. The bands studio was previously Erich Honecker’s secret hideout in Café Moskau and it was there they discovered and joined up with remaining two members Sebastian Maschat and Daniel Nentwig
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