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Candid
Rock · 2020

Candid

Soft-focus covers that transform R&B and folk classics into breezy, brass-inflected indie pop. A warm, nostalgic collection for quiet summer evenings.

August 14, 2020 · Secretly Canadian

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Candid finds Whitney leaning into their most comfortable and comforting sonic signatures. By applying their distinct palette of clean, interlocking guitars, muted brass, and Julien Ehrlich’s unmistakable falsetto to a wide-ranging set of covers, the band creates a listening experience that feels like a warm embrace. It is an album that sounds like the color of a fading polaroid, capturing a specific sense of late-summer melancholy that is both sad and deeply soothing.

Moments Worth Listening For
the unexpected soulful transition in the cover of SWV's Rain
the way the trumpet swells during the climax of Hammond Song
the delicate interplay between the two guitars on the David Byrne cover
the hushed and intimate vocal delivery on the Kelela Bank Head rendition
Reviews

How does Candid sound next to the rest of Whitney's catalogue?

Trumpet+0.8σ

The instrumentation foregrounds trumpet a touch more than the catalogue usually does.

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