Whitney K – Bubble

Whitney K returns with "Bubble," his first album for Fire Records and the follow-up to 2022's "Hard To Be A God." Whitney K continues his migrant musings, conjuring a cast of intriguing characters peppered with everyday foibles and fantasies.

As he travels through a volatile America, he writes a diary of possibilities, addressing everything from barroom conversations, rumors and distortions to misinformation, daydreams, misunderstandings and self-realization; with anecdotes from the pocketbook in his back pocket and his half-forgotten past. bubble" is a 13-song cerebral mystery that unravels into songs reminiscent of the gruff sentimentality of the late Kris Kristoferson, Lennon's "Jealous Guy," the Eels at their most troubled, and the American Gothic sketches of David Ackles; the perfect soundtrack for a Raymond Carver book club. It was recorded in Montreal and self-produced by band members Josh Boguski and Michael Halls in their home studio.

This stripped-back release is Whitney K's most raw yet refined work to date - an honest, sonically paradoxical collection that finds new possibilities in the familiar forms of rock, pop and folk with the same unfiltered energy and poetic earnestness we've come to expect from this modern troubadour, whose vivid narratives are characterized by sketchy characters and rudimentary commentary. RIYL Bill Callahan, Silver Jews, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Cate LeBon, Kurt Vile, Wilco, MJ Lenderman, Waxahatchee, Cass McCombs, Giant Sand...