If you hadn’t heard introductory singles No Woman or Golden Days, you’d be forgiven for maybe thinking that Whitney was a cool, first name-only female singer, presumably singing in an alt-pop fashion.

Not so - this Whitney is made up of guitarist Max Kakacek (formerly of Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra). While Erhlich’s last band had previously been signed to Jagjaguwar, this new outfit is being released on Secretly Canadian, with debut album Light Upon ...