Whitehorse All I Want Is All of It
The Canadian husband-and-wife duo Whitehorse are back on May 8 with their new album All I Want Is All of It, set for release on Six Shooter Records. They return to their folk-rock romantic aesthetic after more than twenty years of musical and marital partnership.
In this era of AI-generated music and all-digital production, they chose to move back toward something deeply authentic, personal, and human. “Let’s make a record that sounds like this place,” said Melissa McClelland, holding a photo of a 19th-century farmhouse. The eleven songs lean toward instinct over perfection—a stripped-down, “one-take” approach that shows its bones. The lyrics, firmly grounded, explore intrusive thoughts about an uncertain future, contradictions, and emotional tension, as heard on the opening track “2155”: “Hey, where are you? I came back to the future just to find you.”
“Bullet in the Chamber” could make you think of Neil Young jamming with Tedeschi Trucks Band, building toward an extended, fuzz-driven guitar finale. Meanwhile, the album’s first single, “See the Light,” draws on a one-act internet tragedy, taking inspiration from the haunting image of the anglerfish.
The album also reflects a life shaped by music, something made clear in the credits: Big Jimmy Bowskill on bass, and Little Jimi—Melissa and Luke’s son—on Wurlitzer and Hammond organ. Drums by John Obercian and Fred Eltringham, along with Vincent Jones on keys, complete a sound that feels grounded, lived-in, and unpolished in the best way.
That sense of family carries beyond the record itself, as Whitehorse return to the road this spring with the All of It Tour, joined by their daughter Chloë Doucet.
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