Whitney Makes ‘Small Talk’ With New Album & Share Breezy ‘Dandelions’ Single

Whitney announced a new album, Small Talk, arriving on November 7 via AWAL. The duo from Chicago, Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek, also shared the single, “Dandelions.”

Small Talk is Whitney’s first studio album since 2022’s Spark. Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek headed into the studio in 2024 without a producer to begin cutting Small Talk, “with assorted pals dropping in to add parts,” as per press materials.

“The result is 11 incandescent songs that delight on two levels,” as per the press release. “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.”

Whitney released Small Talk track “Darling” in May and now follow with “Dandelions,” which Julien Ehrlich detailed:

“A couple years ago Max and I were both on the brink of moving across the country to be closer to the people we were dating at the time. Over the span of a few months both relationships somewhat abruptly crumbled, leaving us with equal parts confusion and sadness, mourning the futures that would have accompanied those relationships as well as the relationships themselves. Inspired by those events (and on a whim of Midwestern pride) we wound up spinning the story of ‘Dandelions’ into one of a big city hopeful who gets chewed up and spit back out into the heartland.”

Watch the Alexa Viscius and Jessica Viscius-directed music video for “Dandelions” below:

Small Talk Tracklist

1. Silent Exchange
2. Won’t You Speak Your Mind
3. The Thread
4. Damage
5. Dandelions
6. Islands (Really Something)
7. In The Saddle
8. Evangeline (Ft. Madison Cunningham)
9. Back To The Wind
10. Small Talk
11. Darling

Whitney is hitting the road this summer. Scroll down for their tour routing and ticket info.