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Alex Scally
American musical artist (born 1982) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alex Kristian Scally[1] (born July 15, 1982)[2] is an American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is known as the co-writer, guitarist and backing vocalist of the dream pop band Beach House, with whom he has recorded eight studio albums.
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Early life
Scally was born July 15, 1982[2] in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was raised.[3] He is of Irish Catholic heritage.[4] He graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 2000, and from Oberlin College in 2004, where he studied geology and ran NCAA Division III cross-country.[5] Upon graduation, he returned to Baltimore to work as a carpenter alongside his father.[6][7]
Career
In 2004, Scally founded Beach House with Victoria Legrand in Baltimore. The two had decided to base their project in Baltimore as it was "a place where people can make music intensely, because you don't have to make much [money] to live [there]."[8] Recalling the formation of the band, Scally said: "We were both just kind of knocking around Baltimore right in our early 20s, and met doing a different musical project, and then [Beach House] kind of grew out of it."[9]
Regarding their early shows, Scally noted: "I'm really glad nobody came to our shows at the start, because we had no idea what we were doing."[10] As of 2022, the group has released a total of eight studio albums.
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