Small Talk is Chicago duo Whitney’s fourth and unequivocally best and most affecting album. After a decade of being roommates and bandmates, first in Smith Westerns and then in Whitney, Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek entered the studio in the Summer of 2024, sans-producer, with assorted pals dropping into add parts. The result is 11 incandescent songs that delight on two levels. There are instant classic Whitney songs here, tunes that tug at the same heartfelt melodic strings they’ve always pulled, and still other moments that speak to how much room they gave themselves to evolve.
01. Silent Exchange
02. Won’t You Speak Your Mind
03. The Thread
04. Damage
05. Dandelions
Side B:
01. Islands (Really Something)
02. In the Saddle
03. Evangeline
(ft. Madison Cunningham)
04. Back to the Wind
05. Small Talk
06. Darling
