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Formed in 2003 as an electronics-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 (particularly the spindly sound of
Talking Heads: 77) and
Josef K. They released their first album, titled
Dreams, in 2006, and followed it up with the more outgoing and uptempo
Rules in 2009. ~ Andy Kellman