Eirik Glambek Bøe (born 25 October 1975) is a Norwegian musician, writer and vocalist, best known for being part of the indie folk duo

Kings of Convenience Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway, consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe. History Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on 21 November and Bøe on 25 October) and have known each other since they ...

together with

Erlend Øye Erlend Øye (born 21 November 1975) is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known for being one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience, along with Eirik Glambek Bøe. Among other musical pro ...

. He has a degree in

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

from the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

. Although his native language is

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, many of his writings are in English. He formed the band Skog together with Øye in the 1990s. They formed

in 1998 and released their first album

Quiet Is The New Loud ''Quiet Is the New Loud'' is the debut album by Norwegian indie pop duo Kings of Convenience, released on 29 January 2001 by Astralwerks. Critical reception ''Quiet Is the New Loud'' received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music cr ...

in 2001 (the same year Øye featured in

Röyksopp Röyksopp (), a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998. The duo consists of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. Berge and Brundtland were introduced to each other through a mutual friend in Tromsø, Norway. They enjoy ...

's critically acclaimed debut album

Melody A.M. ''Melody A.M.'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, released on 13 September 2001 by Wall of Sound. The album reached number one in the Norwegian Albums chart. In the UK, it reached number nine in the country's ...

). The duo then went on to release the single

Toxic Girl "Toxic Girl" is a single by the Norwegian indie rock duo Kings of Convenience. It was released in 2001, and peaked at 44 on the UK singles chart. It was released in three formats in the United Kingdom by Astralwerks. The song gained some exposu ...

followed by their second album

Riot on an Empty Street ''Riot on an Empty Street'' is the second album from Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience. It features two song collaborations with Canadian musician Feist. It peaked at #2 in Norway, #3 in Italy (staying in the chart for a year) and #49 in the UK. ...

in 2004. In 2006 he featured in Øye's band

The Whitest Boy Alive The Whitest Boy Alive is a German-Norwegian musical group based in Berlin. It was originally active from 2003 to 2014; after a five-year hiatus, the group reformed in 2019. The band is composed of singer and guitarist Erlend Øye of Kings of Conv ...

, and at a lesser degree

Kommode , label = , past_members = * Anders Waage Nilsen * Øystein Gjærder Bruvik * Eirik Glambek Bøe * Erlend Øye , website = Skog (''forest'' in Norwegian, taking inspiration from the famous song "A Forest" by The Cure) was a rock b ...

, largely made up of the members of Skog. In a rare guest appearance on

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, Bøe sings on the track "How My Heart Behaves" on Feist's 2007 ''

The Reminder ''The Reminder'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Feist. It was released on April 23, 2007 in countries outside of North America, and May 1, 2007 in the United States and Canada. Following its release, it debuted on the ...

''. In October 2009 Kings of Convenience released their third studio album

Declaration of Dependence ''Declaration of Dependence'' is the third album from Norway, Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience, their first album in five years. It was released on 5 October 2009. "Mrs Cold" and "Boat Behind" have been released as radio singles in some countrie ...

on Astralwerks. Kings of Convenience (192701)

References

External links

Kings of Convenience official website
1975 births Living people Norwegian musicians 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century guitarists {{Guitarist-stub