Whitney annoncerer udgivelsen af Candid i dag – nyt coveralbum ude til august
Som opfølgning på deres anmelderroste album Forever Turned Around fra 2019, annoncerer Whitney i dag udgivelsen af Candid, et coveralbum bestående af sange skrevet af artister som Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, SWV m.fl.
Albummet udkommer d. 14. august 2020 på Secretly Canadian / Playground Music i Norden.
Efter for nyligt at have delt deres versioner af John Denvers ’Take Me Home, Country Roads’ (feat. Waxahatchee) og SWVs ’Rain’ tilbage i maj, udgiver Whitney i dag et cover af ’Hammond Song’ fra The Roches’ debutalbum fra 1979.
Lyt til Whitneys cover af ’Hammond Song’ her.
På Candid har Whitney udfordret sig selv ved at trække på inspiration fra favoritsange, der falder udenfor deres musikalske komfortzone.
‘This could've been as simple as saying we really love these songs and we love our bandmates and making a covers record just felt right, but it truly became an exploration into how we can evolve as a band going forward,’ forklarer trommeslager og sanger Julien Ehrlich.
‘We both discovered “Hammond Song” because Chris Coady sent it to us years ago as a reference for recording when we were making the last Smith Westerns record. It became a song that was always around for us and then we showed it to the rest of the band. This cover is the longest Whitney recording ever and pretty much everything you hear on it is totally live, save for the horns and the slide solo. For a five minute song, if you mess up one part you have to do the whole thing live all over again.’
Trackliste:
1. Bank Head
2. A.M. A.M
3. Take Me Home, Country Roads (Ft. Waxahatchee)
4. High on a Rocky Ledge
5. Something Happen
6. Strange Overtones
7. Hammond Song
8. Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying
9. Rain
10. Rainbows and Ridges