Sunday, July 12, 2009

Erlend Øye

Øye-vey! Auburn adonis and pop-polymath Erlend Øye sets the pulses racing of all hipster ladies with his lava-locks and over-sized specs. The Norwegian's nerd chic may have cool cred but his tunes in bands like the Kings of Convenience and the Whitest Boy Alive, alongside his all-singing-all-djing mobile disco act, have garnered him kudos from the all-important muso mafia. Given the plaintive nature of many of his songs and his lovelorn timbre, Øye is clearly a serial heartbreaker who has seen more beds than Ikea (Swedish, i know, but Scandinavia innit?). No doubt he'll be serving up more Norwegian wood to groupies when he tours around Europe with both his bands this summer and autumn.


Left: Erlend Øye, whose glasses are so big he has to duck every time he walks past a 'Loose Chippings' road sign.