Whitney announce ‘Candid’ covers album

Fresh from releasing their covers of John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ and SWV’s ‘Rain’ back in May, Whitney have confirmed that they’ve got even more special reworkings up their sleeves, announcing the release of new covers album ‘Candid’ on 14th August via Secretly Canadian.

“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,” explains drummer and singer Julien Ehrlich.

Continuing about the new cover of The Roches’ ‘Hammond Song’ they’re releasing today, he adds, “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.”

Have a listen to their new cover and check out the full ‘Candid’ track list below.

‘Candid’ Tracklisting:
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