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Following their acclaimed sophomore album Forever Turned Around,Whitney have returned with Candid, a 10-song collection boastingcovers of artists like Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, Labi Siffre,and more. Covers have always been an integral part of the bandsethos, with renditions of classics by Allen Toussaint, Dolly Parton,and Neil Young a highlight of their setlists for half of a decade. Butfor Candid, Whitney decided to challenge themselves finding theirfavorite songs that also fell outside of musical comfort zone. Markingthe first time the full touring band was in a recording studio together,they hashed out these covers after a tour over sessions in Chicagoand Portland. This couldve been as simple as we really just lovethese songs and we love our bandmates and making a covers recordjust felt right but this was a bit of an exercise to see how we canevolve as a band going forward, says drummer and singer JulienEhrlich. He adds, We didnt want to beat these songwriters at theirown game. Instead, we wanted to find songs that were great at theircore and could be molded into our own thing.

Following their acclaimed sophomore album Forever Turned Around,Whitney have returned with Candid, a 10-song collection boastingcovers of artists like Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, Labi Siffre,and more. Covers have always been an integral part of the bandsethos, with renditions of classics by Allen Toussaint, Dolly Parton,and Neil Young a highlight of their setlists for half of a decade. Butfor Candid, Whitney decided to challenge themselves finding theirfavorite songs that also fell outside of musical comfort zone. Markingthe first time the full touring band was in a recording studio together,they hashed out these covers after a tour over sessions in Chicagoand Portland. This couldve been as simple as we really just lovethese songs and we love our bandmates and making a covers recordjust felt right but this was a bit of an exercise to see how we canevolve as a band going forward, says drummer and singer JulienEhrlich. He adds, We didnt want to beat these songwriters at theirown game. Instead, we wanted to find songs that were great at theircore and could be molded into our own thing.
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Following their acclaimed sophomore album Forever Turned Around,Whitney have returned with Candid, a 10-song collection boastingcovers of artists like Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, Labi Siffre,and more. Covers have always been an integral part of the bandsethos, with renditions of classics by Allen Toussaint, Dolly Parton,and Neil Young a highlight of their setlists for half of a decade. Butfor Candid, Whitney decided to challenge themselves finding theirfavorite songs that also fell outside of musical comfort zone. Markingthe first time the full touring band was in a recording studio together,they hashed out these covers after a tour over sessions in Chicagoand Portland. This couldve been as simple as we really just lovethese songs and we love our bandmates and making a covers recordjust felt right but this was a bit of an exercise to see how we canevolve as a band going forward, says drummer and singer JulienEhrlich. He adds, We didnt want to beat these songwriters at theirown game. Instead, we wanted to find songs that were great at theircore and could be molded into our own thing.
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