
Formed in 2003 as an electronic-based group with an emphasis on the dancefloor, the Whitest Boy Alive eventually abandoned all programming and most other forms of synthetic instrumentation for a typical rock band setup. Guitarist/vocalist Erlend Øye ( the Kings of Convenience ), bassist Marcin Öz , drummer Sebastian Maschat , and keyboardist Daniel Nentwig began playing a form of straightforward and stripped-down indie rock informed by early Talking Heads and Josef K . They released their first album, titled 'Dreams', in 2006 which can be [...]