Erlend Øye has been crafting unique, melancholic hooks with an enviable pop sensibility under a variety of names since the ‘00s. He creates contemplative indie folk anthems with Eirik Glambek Bøe in the duo Kings of Convenience, delicate pieces of electro-pop under the moniker The Whitest Boy Alive and more pop-focused explorations of electronic arrangements under his own name. Throughout, his music nods to the beauty and angst of Scandinavian isolation, with exquisite minimalist precision based on desolate guitars, floating, resonant vocals and a nostalgic palette of electronic ornaments.