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White Whale is a Lawrence

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

, Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

-based indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

band composed of former members of Butterglory

Butterglory

Butterglory is an American indie-rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. Contemporaries of indie rock groups like Pavement and Archers of Loaf, the band helped explore similar musical territories and expand the genre...

, The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids are an American alternative rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music...

, and Thee Higher Burning Fire. They are signed to Merge Records

Merge Records

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...

and released their first full-length album WW1

WW1 (album)

WW1 is the debut album by indie rock band White Whale.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Matt Suggs - Vocals, Guitar*Dustin Than Kinsey - Guitar, Synth*Rob Pope - Bass*John Anderson - Drums*Ed Rose - Producer, Engineer, Mixing*Chris Cosgrove - Engineer...

on July 25, 2006.

Background

When Matt Suggs

Matt Suggs

Matt Suggs is an American indie rock musician.Born and raised in Visalia, California, Suggs was a member of Butterglory in the 1990s before launching a solo career in 2000. He released two albums on Merge Records, which Richie Unterberger described as "reminiscent of...The Kinks' Ray Davies"...

, former lead singer of Butterglory

Butterglory

, began touring for his 2003 solo album, Amigo Row, he recruited former Higher Burning Fire drummer John Anderson, keyboardist and guitarist Dustin Kinsey (also of The New Amsterdams), and guitarist Zach Holland. Having played together off and on since 2000 they decided to form White Whale adding ex-Get Up Kids bassist Robert Pope.

The band has been called both a side project and an indie super group

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

. Merge Records release their first album on July 25, 2006 prompting state representatives Barbara Ballard and Ann Mah to have the day declared "White Whale Day" in Kansas.

Discography

WW1
WW1 (album)
WW1 is the debut album by indie rock band White Whale.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Matt Suggs - Vocals, Guitar*Dustin Than Kinsey - Guitar, Synth*Rob Pope - Bass*John Anderson - Drums*Ed Rose - Producer, Engineer, Mixing*Chris Cosgrove - Engineer...

(2006)

The single "Matchbook" was included on the 2007 compilation First Blood on OxBlood Records.

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