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Light Upon the Lake

WhitneyStudioJune 3, 2016

About this Album

Light Upon the Lake is the debut album by Whitney, released on June 3, 2016, on Secretly Canadian. It runs ten tracks and just under thirty minutes.[1]

The songs were written during a bleak winter in Chicago by Max Kakacek and Julien Ehrlich, both coming out of failed relationships and the end of their previous bands.[2] The record was tracked in 2015 at the Los Angeles home of Jonathan Rado of Foxygen, who co-produced it.[1]

Critics responded warmly, praising Ehrlich's falsetto and the warm, country-soul arrangements. The album holds an average of 83 on Metacritic and appeared on several 2016 year-end lists.[1][3]

Songs

Golden Days

References

  1. Light Upon the Lake (Wikipedia) — Album background, recording at Jonathan Rado's home, track listing, singles, and critical reception scores.
  2. Golden Days: Whitney interviewed (The Skinny) — Kakacek on the Whitney persona, the Chicago winter, and the songs turning personal around Golden Days.
  3. Whitney, Light Upon the Lake review (NME) — Praise for the song's energy and cathartic ending; falsetto comparisons to Bobby Charles and Shuggie Otis.