Leland Whitty of BADBADNOTGOOD has introduced his debut solo album, Anyhow, due December 9 through Innovative Leisure. Whitty has additionally shared its lead single, “Awake,” which is a jazz-rock cascade of cinematic strings, horns, woodwinds, and synths.
According to a press launch, Anyhow is primarily impressed by jazz improvisation and options Whitty on guitar, synthesizer, woodwinds, manufacturing, composition, and strings. BADBADNOTGOOD bandmates Alex Sowinski and Chester Hansen additionally visitor on the album, alongside Whitty’s older brother and “musical inspiration” Lowell. (It’s additionally the primary time they’re working collectively on an album.)
“Whitty built the album from small excerpts rather than have a more rigid intellectual compositional technique,” the discharge provides. “He would envision the whole scope of a song, asking friends to contribute to shift each tracks’ rhythm and energy. Whitty’s role was both performer, composer and in some way a director, asking contributors to execute in an organic way and editing the results.”
Listen to “Awake” beneath.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Svalbard”
02 “Glass Moon”
03 “Awake”
04 “Windows”
05 “Silver Rain”
06 “In Circle”
07 “Anyhow”
TOUR DATES (with BADBADNOTGOOD):
11/18 – Dublin, IE @ Olympia
11/19 – Stockholm, SE @ Nalen
11/21 – Oslo, NO @ Vulkan
11/22 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA
11/24 – Hamburg, DE @ Markthalle
11/25 – Berlin, DE @ Huxleys
11/28 – Vienna, AT @ Ottakringer Brauerei
11/29 – Munich, DE @ Muffathalle
11/30 – Zurich, CH @ X-Tra
12/02 – Utrecht, NL @ Ronda
12/03 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
12/04 – Cologne, DE @ CarlswerkVictoria
12/06 – London, UK @ Brixton Academy
12/07 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
12/09 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
12/10 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
12/11 – Bristol, UK @ Academy 1
12/13 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU
Anyhow is out 10/9 through Innovative Leisure.