SMALLTALK: Modern Rock at the Jersey Shore.
Lovelorn, conversation-like lyrics, guitars jangling over pounding rhythms, an idiosyncratic vocal style, and a healthy nod to any number of old-school indie-pop and post-punk acts; Smalltalk takes the finest aspects of Echo and the Bunnymen and the Cure's less lethargic emotions and propels it thirty years forward for a new audience.