WHITNEY - SMALL TALK - VINYL LP STEPHEN B. ARMSTRONG

WHITNEY - SMALL TALK - VINYL LP STEPHEN B. ARMSTRONGSmall 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

4 Could I've Been So Blind

10 Lonesome Train

4 The Family and the Fishing Net

and have only aimed to expand on it with their ninth auditory onslaught

founding member of the Supremes

' And Elmore says

alone to earn diamond-certification from the RIAA

The Salem Travelers

had a greater mission: to honor the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues and country

and on a new label as she joins the iconic Blue Note/Capitol Records roster

Joy of Man's Desiring