Small Talk
by Whitney
- Type: Album
- Released: 7 November 2025
- Label: Secretly Canadian
- Country: United States
- Length: 36:00
- Community rating: 3.37/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: JJ Kirkpatrick, Julien Ehrlich, Brian Seyler, Ziyad Asrar, Macie Stewart, Whitney Johnson, Max Kakacek, Malcolm Brown, Colin Croom, Madison CunNINgham, Will Miller, Vivian McConnell
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Chicago duo dives completely into the warm, impeccably smooth aesthetics of late 70s soft rock and breezy yacht rock. Driven by lush horn arrangements, falsetto vocals, and remarkably clean, rhythmic guitar lines, the record serves as a loving, highly polished pastiche of blue-eyed soul. It is a flawlessly melodic, unapologetically gentle offering tailored for sun-drenched afternoon listening.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, pastiche, breezy, harmonies
Tracklist
- Silent Exchange (3:41)
- Won't You Speak Your Mind (3:17)
- The Thread (3:01)
- Damage (3:34)
- Dandelions (3:16)
- Islands (Really Something) (3:12)
- In the Saddle (2:48)
- Evangeline (3:26)
- Back to the Wind (3:20)
- Small Talk (3:27)
- Darling (2:53)
Credits
- Max Kakacek - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, electronics [ebow], synthesizer [minitaur], written-by, written by
- Madison Cunningham - backing vocals, vocals, featuring
- Malcolm Brown - bass guitar, piano, organ
- Jessica Viscius - creative director
- Vivian McConnell - flute
- Colin Croom - pedal steel guitar
- Brian Seyler - saxophone
- JJ Kirkpatrick - trumpet