Three titles from the Secretly Canadian catalog, including Whitney SPARK, which is set to release ON the day of our event!

Porridge Radio
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky
(FMV $22.99)

Stella Donnelly
Flood
(FMV $22.99)

RELEASE DATE 9/16!
Whitney
SPARK
(FMV $23.99)

We're really excited to feature this HOT OFF THE PRESSES Whitney vinyl!
"Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney, SPARK-the buoyant drum loops, the effortless falsetto hooks, the coruscant keyboard lines. They suddenly sounded like a band reimagined, their once-ramshackle folk-pop now brimming with unprecedented gusto and sheen. But could they see it, too?

SPARK reintroduces Whitney as a contemporary syndicate of classic pop, its dozen imaginative and endearing tracks wrapping fetching melodies around paisley-print Dilla beats and luxuriant electronics. The recalcitrant ennui of opener "NOTHING REMAINS," the devastating loss of "TERMINAL," the sun-streaked renewal of "REAL LOVE":

Listen closely, and you'll notice frequent references to smoke and fire throughout SPARK, itself a double entendre for inspiring something new or burning down the old. Max and Julien were indeed in Portland for the Fall of 2020, when smoke from nearby fires choked the city at record levels. It was terrifying and tragic, but they pressed on. "We found a way to live while the world was burning/Real life was caving in," Julien sings almost merrily during "BACK THEN," an anthem for finding out what's on the other side of hardship.

In these dire days, scientists speak increasingly of serotiny, an evolutionary miracle that causes some trees to release seeds only amid a season of fire. That is how SPARK often feels-Whitney's circumstances were so fraught on so many levels that they hung "the past?out to dry" and began again, finding a fresh version of themselves, their relationship, and their band after the blaze."

~ First pressing on limited edition Milky White vinyl

~ Over 250,000 US Equivalents ATD; Over 67,000 US Physical ATD

~ 1.38M monthly listeners on Spotify; approaching 500,000,000 streams worldwide

~ Five singles over 20,000,000 streams; "No Woman" nearing 100M total streams

~ Press/TV history includes: 2 page print feature in Billboard, Colbert x 2, CBS Saturday Morning, FADER, PAPER, Pollstar cover story, INTERVIEW feature, Pitchfork "Rising", T Mag - convo w/ Elton John

And SPIN's review just posted on Monday.

https://www.spin.com/2022/09/whitney-spark-interview/