ANNOUNCEMENT: Jacob Whalen - Exposure Length (FPM00012)
We’re thrilled to announce the release of a new full-length record from Jacob Whalen, longtime friend of Friendly Puppy Music (and many actual friendly puppies). Peter and I first became acquainted with Jake through his visual art, particularly his exceptional mid-2010s Facebook Art Shows. Peter reached out to him about using one of his works for the cover of FPM0002, and we’ve been artistic allies ever since.
In addition to his visual portfolio, Jacob Whalen excels in songcraft. After collaborating on some pretty ambitious projects last year including Krautbrook, we dug deep into Jacob’s newest compositions. These sprawling songs hand’t been put to tape, so putting together a record for Friendly Puppy was a complete 1000% no-brainer.
Jacob Whalen’s songs are many things. They’re raw, real, emotive, emissive, massive, majestic, mysterious, haunting, hopeful, human, and more than several other alliterative adjectives. He’s got a new single out right now, Ornella, one of the poppier numbers from the record. Brush up on your Italian, take a listen, and get TOTALLY FREAKING HYPED to dive into the Deepest Depths Of Jake when the full record arrives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QptNa_8qPl0
Jacob Whalen - Exposure Length. . . . to be released March 2019.
-William Bjorndal, Winter 2019
