What do Pink Pantheress, the Velvet Underground, Wet Leg, Sonic Youth, Dirty Presley and Timeout Room have in common?
From left, Alec Hawkins, Jenny LeBlanc and Max Hartleroad of Whitehawk are celebrating the release of their debut album, recorded entirely on tape, and put together over the course of 10 years. The band will be selling the cassette and performing a live show at Munson and Brothers in Columbus tonight.
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These artists are just some of the inspiration and current album obsessions for the self-described “psychedelic folk rock and roll” band Whitehawk, a three-member band made up of Columbus natives Jenny LeBlanc, Alec Hawkins and Max Hartleroad. The group formed in 2016 and over the past 10 years they have slowly, patiently, put together their first album – a collection of 10 songs, each recorded to tape using analog equipment.
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