Music

Road to Polaris: Whitehorse's Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland in the studio

by Sam Sutherland

Whitehorse’s “The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss” is the product of the literal marriage of two successful solo careers — Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, both respected singer-songwriters with deep roots in the Canadian music scene, began collaborating on each other’s records in 2004 and were married in 2006. Whitehorse finds them putting their own careers on hold under a banner of something bigger — an experimental loop-based live show and a growing catalogue of compelling roots rock that fully delivers on their sophomore effort, “The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss.”