After making a name for themselves, including charting on the Billboard independent, rock, and alternative lists, with their warm, mellifluous take on vintage folk- and country-rock, Whitney — singer/drummer Julien Ehrlich and guitarist Max Kakacek — experimented with lush electronics and even hip-hop beats on their fourth album, SPARK. Arriving three years later, Small Talk marks a glowing return to inviting organic textures on a philosophical album informed by breakups and broader lessons learned. It was recorded without an outside producer — a first for Whitney, at the encouragement of prior producer Brad Cook — in a barn in Newberg, Oregon, that contained recording gear collected over the years by Ehrlick’s father (also a drummer), including…

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