{"product_id":"two-years","title":"Two Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Rough Trade Shops tip for 2021. Rolling through life, an open mind like an ocean, an infinite ride that comes furiously crashing to a halt. This is Whitney K’s \u003ci\u003eTwo Years\u003c\/i\u003e, a deep dive into the Canadian songwriter’s journey through vulnerability, change and ultimately letting his guard down. Whitney K is the wandering stalwart Konner Whitney, a Whitehorse Yukon resident who has spent time in Vancouver, Montreal, Burnaby and Los Angeles. We met the character in 2016 through his intoxicating 4-track recorded manifesto\u003ci\u003e Goodnight\u003c\/i\u003e, a head on collision into 24 hours of illusioned romance and modern day escapism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast forward to 2021, lift those curtains, aptly titled \u003ci\u003eGood Morning \u003c\/i\u003eis the opening track on \u003ci\u003eTwo Years\u003c\/i\u003e, a different cracker, a deliberate record about transformation, where to put it simply, Whitney K has arrived. Enlisting the aid of main collaborator and bandmate Josh Boguski, the focus has been shifted, folklore and realism becoming reckoning and truthfulness, what was outsider folk is now political poetry, life in motion delivered through a freeway ridden baritone voice that transforms the mundane into extraordinary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with a completely different mindset and a conscious effort to break with the traditions of a corrupt, hypocritical, and hateful society\/lineage, Konner’s pen is precise and daring, uniting the earnestness of Willie Nelson and the comedy relief of Harry Nilsson on the beautiful \u003ci\u003eMe Or The Party #165\u003c\/i\u003e, or when painting Canada’s colonial past and heartland image on the primitive rock’n’roll anthem \u003ci\u003eTrans-Canada Oil Boom Blues.\u003c\/i\u003e There is no avoidance, no excuses, whether your self portrait in the mirror resembles a five dollar caricature sold on a boardwalk, the John Cale-esque opener ‘Good Morning’, or whether you learn you are worthy of love like on the poignant vignette \u003ci\u003eMaryland,\u003c\/i\u003e the beautifully arranged album closer that echoes Tin Pan Alley with Lou Reed’s grit. \u003ci\u003eTwo Years\u003c\/i\u003e also presents plenty of fun, the perfectly stumblin’ garage rocker \u003ci\u003eLast Night #2\u003c\/i\u003e, the honky tonk blues coming-of-age episode \u003ci\u003eCowboy City Rocker\u003c\/i\u003e and the cello \/ violin belter \u003ci\u003eHit This Pipe\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Whitney K’s many gems is \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e a minimalist spectral ode to hope where the band’s restriction brings out the pure force and vocal command of the ramblin’ troubadour. Time to open your arms, he’s coming out of no fun city and aiming straight for you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Death","offers":[{"title":"Orange | LP","offer_id":50467462611275,"sku":"1107418","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50467460055371,"sku":"1107417","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467461890379,"sku":"1107416","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/22e9e92d-b9b5-4991-a670-3f17734d3e85_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727338299","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/two-years","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}