Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney, SPARK—the buoyant drum loops, the effortless falsetto hooks, the coruscant keyboard lines. They suddenly sounded like a band reimagined, their once-ramshackle folk-pop now brimming with unprecedented gusto and sheen. But could they see it, too? So in the ad hoc studio the Chicago duo built in the living room of their rented Portland bungalow, a shared 2020 escape hatch amid breakups and lockdowns, Julien and Max decided to find out. Somewhere between … read more
Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney, SPARK—the buoya… read more
Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney, SPARK—the buoyant drum loops, the effortless falsett… read more
Whitney is an American band from Chicago formed in 2015 by Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, formerly of Smith Westerns, and Ziyad Asrar and Malcolm Brown, formerly of Touching Voids, as well as Will Miller and Josiah Marshall. The band released their debut album, Light Upon the Lake, in June 2016 and have toured internationally. The second album, "Forever Turned Around" was released on August 30, 2019.
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Whitney is an American band from Chicago formed in 2015 by Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, formerly of Smith Westerns, and Ziyad Asrar and Malcolm Brown, formerly of Touching Voids, as well… read more
Whitney is an American band from Chicago formed in 2015 by Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, formerly of Smith Westerns, and Ziyad Asrar and Malcolm Brown, formerly of Touching Voids, as well as Will Miller and Josiah Marshall. The band… read more