During summer ’16, hip Chicago mellow indie-rock act Whitney (made up of Julien Ehrlich from Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Max Kakacek of Smith Westerns) released their wonderfully chill debut album Light Upon the Lake and now they’ve announced a new 12” featuring two covers, “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)” by Dolly Parton and “You’ve Got A Woman” by Dutch duo Lion.
“You’ve Got A Woman” was originally released as the B-side of Lion’s 1975 psych-pop 7″ But I Do. As singer/drummer Julien Ehrlich explained in a press release…
As soon as I heard it, I wished I’d written the vocal melody; it’s so catchy and powerful. It’s quite evil-sounding for us. It was fun to mess around with something darker and throw strings in.
Meanwhile, their Dolly cover of “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)” is one they’ve been known to play live and is just as sweet as the original.
Listen to Whitney cover Lion’s “You’ve Got A Woman” above and Cover Dolly Parton’s “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)” below.
Whitney’s “You’ve Got A Woman” (Lion Cover) b/w “Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)” (Dolly Parton Cover) 12” is available now digitally and in stores this summer on June 2nd via Secretly Canadian. Their debut record Light Upon the Lake is also out now on Secretly Canadian – hit up your local record store and grab a vinyl copy, or if you’re lazy you can grab it on iTunes here.
You should also go catch Whitney live at the dates below, heads up they’re selling out fast + they’ve got some shows with Phoenix!
You can also check out our Polaroids of Whitney from Pitchfork Festival here.
Tour Dates:
04-01 Iowa City, IA – The Mill
04-02 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club
04-03 Fargo, ND – Aquarium
04-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba – WECC
04-06 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Amigos
04-07 Edmonton, Alberta – Needle
04-08 Calgary, Alberta – Commonwealth
04-10 Vancouver, British Columbia – Biltmore Cabaret
04-11 Seattle, WA – Neumos
04-12 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
04-13 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
04-14 Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery
04-16 Indio, CA – Coachella
04-17-19 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
04-20 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
04-22 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
04-23 Indio, CA – Coachella
04-25 Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
04-27 Houston, TX – Secret Group
04-28 New Orleans, LA – Tulane University
04-29 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
04-29-30 Ft. Worth, TX – Fortress Fest
05-01 Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
05-06 Grinnell, IA – Grinnell College
05-07 Bloomington, IL – The Castle Theater
05-08 Bloomington, IN – The Bluebird
05-09 St Louis, MO – Delmar Hall Wed.
05-10 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s
05-12 Miami, FL – Fillmore *
05-13 Orlando, FL – House of Blues *
05-14 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
05-15 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
05-16 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle Main
05-20 Washington, DC – 930
05-22 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
05-24 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
05-26-May 28 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling
05-27 Woodstock, NY – Levon Helm Studios – Midnight Ramble
06-02 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
06-03 London, England – Field Day
06-04 Manchester, England – The Ritz
06-05 Milan, Italy – Magnolia
06-06 Turin, Italy – Astoria
06-07 Rome, Italy – Monk
06-08 Bologna, Italy – Biografilm
06-09 Porto, Portugal – Optimus Primavera Sound Porto
06-11 Nimes, France – This Is Not A Love Song Festival
06-14 Bergen, Norway – Bergenfest
06-15 Aarhus, Denmark – Voxhall
06-17 Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
06-18 Mannheim, Germany – Maifeld Derby
06-22 Oslo, Norway – Piknik I Parken
06-27 Brighton, England – Concorde 2
06-28 Paris, France – Café De La Dance
06-29 Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
07-14-16 Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
07-21-23 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Festival
07-21-25 Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
07-28 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
08-03-06 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza Music Festival
08-04-06 Montreal, Quebec – Osheaga Music And Arts Festival
08-19-20 Tokyo, Japan – Summer Sonic Festival
* with Phoenix