Their first studio set since 2022’s acclaimed ‘Hard To Be A God’, Whitney K announce their new album ‘Bubble’ on Fire Records on 12th September with new single ‘Heaven’ and will be touring this Autumn in support of the release.
New album ‘Bubble’ sees Whitney K continue his migrant mind games, summoning up a series of intriguing characters, littered with everyday foibles and fantasies. He pens a journal of possibilities as he travels further into transient America, touching on everything from bar room chatter, rumour and distortion to misinformation, daydreams, misunderstanding and self-realisation.
Setting out Whitney K’s thinking, new single ‘Heaven’ is set a moment of self-examination that questions life’s idiosyncrasies; inspired by dialog carried on over late night phone calls where older wiser folk tell the rebellious seeker to stay the course and to hold on as things will inevitably get better.
“I remember friends that were a bit older than me seeing me struggle when I was in my earlier twenties. They would tell me it gets better. If I hold on I’ll make it to the other side. It’s a spiritual song not a religious one.“ Konner
‘Bubble’ is a 13-part cerebral mystery that unravels on songs that bring to mind the gruff sentimentality of the late Kris Kristoferson, Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’, Eels at their most troubled and the American Gothic sketches of David Ackles; the perfect soundtrack for a Raymond Carver book club.
Recorded in Montreal, it’s self-produced by band members Josh Boguski and Michael Halls at 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 fresh possibilities in the familiar shapes of rock, pop, and folk with the same unfiltered energy and poetic gravity we have come to expect from this modern-day troubadour whose descriptive storytelling is filled with sketchy characters and rudimentary comment.
“Nomadic Canadian channelling magical realism, country rock and Lou Reed” Uncut
Praise for ‘Hard To Be A God’
“Remarkably sophisticated musical blend… inventing exciting new directions for roots music all along the way” ★★★★ MOJO
2025 LIVE DATES
14 Sep: Leffingeleuren Festival, Ostend, Belgium
15 Sep: New Cross Inn, London, UK
16 Sep: Strange Brew, Bristol, UK
17 Sep: Bedford, Esquires, UK
18 Sep: Just Dropped In, Coventry, UK
19 Sep: The Lubber Fiend, Newcastle, UK
20 Sep: The Flying Duck, Glasgow, UK
21 Sep: Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds, UK
22 Sep: Rough Trade Denmark Street, London, UK
23 Sep: The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, UK
25 Sep: 8mm Bar, Berlin, Germany
26 Sep: Hitness Club, Leipzig, UK
29 Sep: Fanfulla, Roma, Italy
30 Sep: Freeakout, Bologna, Italy
02 Sep: La Brèche, Lausanne, Switzerland
