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Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney

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This was also the final album featuring bassist Joe Loeffler

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Sturgill Simpson "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" alternative Julien Ehrlich and Max KakacekAn allusion to Ray Charles groundbreaking 1962 record, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music hints at the psychedelic sounds found within. Compared to Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard, Simpson explores a more progressive side of outlaw country in his wholly unique and captivating second album.