THE UNIVERSE WILL FIND A WAY WITH WAYNE WHITTAKER OF PIGEON CLUB • Headliners #116

ABOUT PIGEON CLUB:Pigeon Club is the music of Wayne Whittaker, a multi-instrumentalist musician/ songwriter living in Los Angeles. Outside of his own project, Whittaker has worked with artists such as Dawes, Diane Coffee, Haerts, and countless others.Pigeon Club’s upcoming second album, Another Year In The Minors, is another collaboration with Grammy-winning co-producers John Would and Amy Wood (Fiona Apple, Warren Zevon). Together, along with a stellar group of friends/ backing musicians, they unwittingly managed to document a major transitional period in the life of the songwriter.Sonically, Pigeon Club has built its nest neatly between genres. There are the ubiquitous indie singer-songwriter overtones, jangly Beatle power-pop moments galore, and self-aware nods to “dad rock.”As a songwriter, Wayne explores themes of self-reflection, doubt, anxiety, and the minutiae of everyday life with an inviting mixture of emotional transparency and self-effacing humor.Pigeon Club’s latest single, ‘Liar,’ is a lush indie rock vehicle that examines the aftermath of a defense mechanism malfunction, with both humor and heart.“This was a really hard song to write,” Whittaker recalls, “structurally, it came together very quickly. But once I read it back, it became clear that this was going to be a particularly exposing three minutes. Thankfully, the touched-upon themes are unmistakably human, so at the very least I’ve confirmed that I am indeed only human.”Survival skill for those unfitTo handle what we’re dealing with Seek a softer landingThe damage notwithstandingLyrically, parts of the song read like a relational autopsy report.We’ve reached the point where you’ll admit You don’t know who you’re living withYou could see right through me If I let you closer to meBut I’m a liarThe accompanying music video for ‘Liar’ sees a traveling entertainer and his puppet sidekick struggle to engage with an audience using card tricks, sleight of hand, and some honest-to-goodness magic. It’s clear that however successful the illusion is, this game of deception is taking its toll. But the show, of course, must go on.CONNECT WITH PIGEON CLUB:InstagramSUPPORT THIS SHOWSUBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIFE THE MIXTAPE MAGAZINE