Several months into 2017 and the Whitney train is still chuggin’ along. In addition to touring virtually non-stop for all of 2016, the Chicago-based band has a slew of dates ahead for this year, and just released a new 12″.
Recorded in the fleeting calm between all of that touring, the record is available now digitally and physically on June 2nd. The 12″ includes two covers – Dutch duo Lion‘s 1975 psych-pop “You’ve Got a Woman” and Dolly Parton‘s “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can).” Drummer Julien Ehrlich notes “You’ve Got a Woman” is an evil-sounding cut for Whitney, a band who established a sonic aesthetic of sweet, sun-dappled longing and nostalgia on last year’s “Light Upon the Lake”, instead playing around with the darker elements and strings on Lion’s track. On the other hand, “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)” will be familiar to those who’ve caught one of Whitney’s shows – they’ve been working it into their live sets, Ehrlich crooning the song, accompanied by guitarist Max Kakacek.
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And yes, for the record, Ehrlich wants to assure everyone that they’re eager to jump into a second album – “We’re about three songs in, we’re too emotionally unstable to write on the road – songs pop out if we have chill time to process what we’ve been putting ourselves through.”
“Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can) (Dolly Parton Cover)” from the upcoming 12” out June 2nd, 2017 on Secretly Canadian Records
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