June 24th, 2009
The Whitest Boy Alive – Rules
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 From folk-pop to disco-jazz: Erlend Øye can do no wrong with The Whitest Boy Alive’s second full-length album Rules. |
| You may have first heard Erlend with Eirik Glambek Bøe as Kings of Convenience. For the last three years, Erlend has lead his disco-esque side project The Whitest Boy Alive. Their first album, Dreams, was released a little less than three years ago (Service 2006). Since then they’ve polished and perfected their sound, and switched labels for their newest release, Rules (Bubbles 2009). If you enjoyed Dreams’ stripped down sound, with its clean guitar tones and simple, dancy drum beats, there’s no doubt you’ll love Rules. The tightness of the trio’s guitar & bass riffs, with the simple, yet effective drum beats that gave Dreams its solid groove is still present in their latest release, and with the addition of a Rhodes piano, Øye and Co. have released a solid follow up. | |
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