Whitney - CandidVinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. Following their acclaimed sophomore album Forever Turned Around, Whitney have returned with Candid, a 10 song collection boasting covers of artists like Kelela, David Byrne, John Denver, Labi Siffre, and more. Covers have always been an integral part of the band's ethos, with renditions of classics by Allen Toussaint, Dolly Parton, and Neil Young a highlight of their setlists for half of a decade. But for Candid,

the Utrecht String Quartet set standards that made international critics rejoice: Radio K1 attested to the Utrecht musicians "at the highest level"

On the news of a childhood friend's brutal slaying

Recorded live in Tokyo on 20 May 2009 with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tadaaki Otaka

with gestures towards the waltzes of Johan Strauss II as well as the intricate lyricism of Richard Strauss

Ten songs of thrilling dance punk bonanza

The first violin in particular repeatedly attracts attention with virtuoso passages

John Henry

formed in 2006

They are a power trio of bass

providing something totally different for the holidays

and battle a raft of seemingly supernatural events

These include many chamber works for flute and piano: fantasias and operatic fantasias capitalizing on the popular success of dramatic works