Small Talks

Emerging from the acoustic solo work of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina native Cayley Spivey, Small Talks make introspective, guitar-based indie rock. Spivey recruited two old acquaintances to form the band in 2015: a friend from middle school, Justin Charette (drums), had reached out to the songwriter after hearing one of her songs; and Kenny Kelly (bass) had attended music school with Spivey before they reconnected through social media. The trio began booking their own shows on the East Coast and receiving local alternative radio play before self-releasing their debut EP in January 2017. Atmospheric in sound and melancholy in tone, Until It Turns to Petals was picked up by L.A.'s Common Ground Records, which gave it a label release two months later. ~ Marcy Donelson