Pigeon Club is the music of Wayne Whittaker, a multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter living in Los Angeles. 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.”
Another Year in the Minors is a record steeped in warm and subtle textures, exploring themes of self-reflection, loss, doubt, anxiety, and the minutiae of everyday life with an inviting mixture of emotional transparency and self-effacing humor.
The title track examines the frustrations of navigating the music industry in the 21st century. Described as “a sort of a sad-sack anthem for blue collar, DIY artists,” Whittaker adds, “it's a song about aging in the indie scene, about believing in what it is you're doing, the art you're making and why you're making it, even in the face of unbelievable odds. There is no secret. It's about showing up and grinding it out and not giving up...yet."