Whitney have unveiled a new video for “Polly.” Tokyo-based award-winning animator and illustrator Sarina Nihei directed, animated and hand-painted the entire video over the course of two months. It focuses on vices that serve as causes for broken relationships between people and also represents the idea that no one is able to understand other people’s actual feelings.

The “Polly” video perfectly complements Whitney’s origin story. Both Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek were going through especially painful breakups almost simultaneously when they began writing the songs that would become Light Upon The Lake. “There’s a lot of true feeling behind these songs,” says Ehrlich. “We wanted them to have a part of our personalities in them. We wanted the songs to have soul.”

WHITNEY TOUR DATES:

Sat. Sept. 24 – Chicago, IL @ Goose Island Brewery
Mon. Oct. 3 – Nashville, TN @ Exit In
Tue. Oct. 4 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Wed. Ct. 5 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse
Thu. Oct. 6 – Washington, DC @ DC9
Fri. Oct. 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Sun. Oct. 9 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott (Early Show)
Sun. Oct. 9 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott (Late Show)
Mon. Oct. 10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tue. Oct. 11 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Thu. Oct. 13 – Burlington, VT @ Arts Riot
Fri. Oct. 14 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le “Ritz” P.D.B.
Sat. Oct. 15 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
Sun. Oct. 16 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid Scheme
Tue. Oct. 25 – Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell
Wed. Oct. 26 – Munich, DE @ Unter Deck
Thu. Oct. 27 – St. Gallen, CH @ Palace
Fri. Oct. 28 – Dudingen, CH @ Bad Bonn
Sun. Oct. 30 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club (Early Show)
Sun. Oct. 30 – Brussels, BE @ AB Club (Late Show)
Thu. Nov. 3 – Brighton, UK @ The Haunt
Fri. Nov. 4 – Nottingham, UK @ Bodega
Sat. Nov. 5 – Glasgow, UK @ CCA
Sun. Nov. 6 – Newcastle, UK @ Cluny
Tue. Nov. 8 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
Wed. Nov. 9 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla
Thu. Nov. 10 – London, UK @ KOKO
Sun. Nov. 13 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso-Noord
Wed. Nov. 16 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand
Thu. Nov. 17 – Malmo, SE @ Babel
Fri. Nov. 18 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Sat. Nov. 19 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
Sun. Nov. 20 – Kobenhavn V, DK @ Vega Main Hall
Thu. Dec. 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Fri. Dec. 2 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Sat. Dec. 3 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)
Sun. Dec. 4 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall