Whitney have announced their new album ‘Small Talk’ and have given fans a taster in the form of ‘Dandelions’ – listen below.
The Chicago duo – singer Julien Ehrlich and guitarist Max Kakacek – will release their fourth studio record and the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Spark’ on November 7 via AWAL. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.
They have already released ‘Darling’ from the album and now they are back with ‘Dandelions’, a sundrenched, wistfully melodic tune that shows off Ehrlich’s falsetto vocals and Kakacek’s aching slide guitar.
Listen here:
Speaking about ‘Dandelions’, the band have said: “A couple years ago Max and I were both on the brink of moving across the country to be closer to the people we were dating at the time. Over the span of a few months both relationships somewhat abruptly crumbled, leaving us with equal parts confusion and sadness, mourning the futures that would have accompanied those relationships as well as the relationships themselves.”
“Inspired by those events (and on a whim of Midwestern pride) we wound up spinning the story of ‘Dandelions’ into one of a big city hopeful who gets chewed up and spit back out into the heartland.”
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‘Small Talk’ tracklist:
- ‘Silent Exchange’
- ‘Won’t You Speak Your Mind’
- ‘The Thread’
- ‘Damage’
- ‘Dandelions’
- ‘Islands (Really Something)’
- ‘In The Saddle’
- ‘Evangeline’ (ft. Madison Cunningham)
- ‘Back To The Wind’
- ‘Small Talk’
- ‘Darling’
Whitney will also be heading out on a headline tour of North America, which kicks off this Sunday (July 20) in Lake Tahoe, California and sees them wind their way across the continent, finishing off in Kalamazoo, Michigan on August 15. Tickets are on sale now and you can find yours here.
Whitney will play:
JULY
20 – The Hangar – South Lake Tahoe, CA
23 – The Elm – Bozeman, MT
25 – Washington’s FoCo – Fort Collins, CO
31 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
AUGUST
02 – Osheaga Festival – Montreal, QC
04 – Tree House Brewing Company – Charlton, MA
05 – Levitate Backyard Outdoor Concert Series – Marshfield, MA
06 – Stone Church – Brattleboro, VT
07 – Levon Helm Studios – Woodstock, NY
08 – The Recher – Towson, MD
10 – The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ
12 – Anthology – Rochester, NY
13 – Hi-Fi Annex – Indianapolis, IN
14 – Globe Iron – Cleveland, OH
15 – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe – Kalamazoo, MI
NME reviewed Whitney’s second album ‘Forever Turned Around’ in 2019, awarding it three stars and saying it was “a slow-burnin’ collection that’s certainly less immediate than their debut, and often feels like a retread instead of a progression.”
“But that doesn’t make songs like ‘Friend of Mine’ and ‘Song For Ty’ any less enjoyable,” it added. “As [Julien] Elrich’s and [Max] Kazacek’s songwriting bond appears stronger than ever”.
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