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Light Upon The Lake Analysis

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The Chicago music scene has been on fire as of late, and Whitney is one of the flames that burns the brightest. Formed by some of the remnants of the Smith Westerns, Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek got together to make music that pulls from Americana folk and country as well as bits of Midwest soul. They have mastered fusing their modern sound with spurts of the past that seamlessly makes their music familiar yet foreign. In 2015, they signed with Secretly Canadian after dabbling around in solo projects and performances due to the Smith Westerns break up. Kakacek and Ehrlich kept in contact and with a few sessions that eventually lead to tours supporting other bands; the band released their impressive album Light Upon the Lake in mid-2016. Kakacek,

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