This one was shot at a benefit for Planned Parenthood earlier this year. On top of it being a night when several of Chicago’s top femmes of the DIY scene threw the fuck down in front of a pulsing hoard partying for a righteous cause — it was sweaty even by Rectum standards — it marked the special occasion when Whitney Allen and Whitney Johnson finally got together for a collaboration they were talking about for years. The long-running idea was to find a third Whitney and call the project Whitney, but the name was snatched by, well, some dudes. Classic.
Whitney Allen is the seething freak fronting noise rock faves Toupée (as well as related projects Columba Fasciata, Blood Licker) who has been performing solo recently as Couteau Sang with a series of terrifying masks and wind instruments. Whitney Johnson’s solo project Matchess has long been one of the best ambient acts in town, and she’s recently staking out territory as a contemporary master of tape manipulation. WJ also plays viola in Circuits Des Yeux. Anyway, this is one of those collaborations that doesn’t totally make sense until you hear it, then it makes total sense.
This video was shot by Erica Mei Gamble at a Planned Parenthood Benefit organized by Jenny Polus and Karina Natis.
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