Whitney, Soul Low
Friday, Dec. 2, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm
The members of Chicago indie pop band Whitney have quickly earned a devoted fan base thanks to their romantic take on the folk and soul music of the ’60s and ’70s. With a built-in horn section and softly-sung melodies, it’s easy to see how Whitney’s debut album, Light Upon the Lake, became one of the most-loved Midwestern indie rock exports of 2016. Milwaukee’s Soul Low opens.
press release: Ahead of their forthcoming fall headline tour, Whitney have unveiled the official video for their new single, “Polly.” Tokyo-based award-winning animator and illustrator Sarina Nihei directed, animated and hand-painted the entire video over the course of two months. It focuses on vices that serve as causes for broken relationships between people and also represents the idea that no one is able to understand other people's actual feelings.
The “Polly” video perfectly complements Whitney’s origin story. Both Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek were going through especially painful breakups almost simultaneously when they began writing the songs that would become Light Upon The Lake. “There’s a lot of true feeling behind these songs,” says Ehrlich. “We wanted them to have a part of our personalities in them. We wanted the songs to have soul.”
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