Max Kakacek: Last News

Over the past couple of years, critics have mostly stopped bringing up the creation story that followed Whitney around in their early days. The idea was that the band’s two principal members — Julien Ehrlich on drums and lead vocals, Max Kakacek on guitar — wrote their songs by channeling a reclusive, heavy-drinking, fictional songwriter named Whitney, whose music would only see the light of day long after his death.

Whitney have shared their fourth cover from their forthcoming 10-track covers album, titled ‘Candid’.Listen to their rendition of ‘Strange Overtones’ by David Byrne and Brian Eno below:‘Candid’ is slated for release next week on August 14 via Secretly Canadian.Per a press release, guitarist Max Kakacek said composing the solo was “the most fun part of recording [the cover]”.“Malcolm slayed it on the piano and having him tackle it made so much sense even though this is the first time we’ve ever had a keys solo on a recorded track,” Kakacek said.“I remember after his take, which killed, he said, ‘I went into it thinking Bruce Hornsby but I came out of it thinking Bruce Springsteen.’”Drummer Julien Ehrlich also commented on their cover,

The duo have also shared a cover of SWV’s ‘Rain’