Little Joy is the new project from Rodrigo Amarante, Binki Shapiro, and everyone’s favorite Stroke, Fab Moretti. From the glorious calypso-garage-folk of the opening track, “The Next Time Around,” the band’s self-titled debut LP is a simple, tastefully executed affair, anchored by perfectly classic melodies and Noah Georgeson‘s warm production. It’s uncanny how much Amarante sounds like Julian Casablancas at times, and the Binki Shapiro-fronted tracks (like the irresistible “Unattainable“) are a wonderful change of pace. Shapiro’s exquisite melodies and elegant vocals maintain a genuine innocence, ultimately resembling something you’d hear on a ’40s AM radio dial. The band recently put a few tracks up on myspace; here’s the remarkably Strokes-esque “Keep Me in Mind.”
Little Joy‘s relative brevity also works in its favor; it breezes by in just about 30 minutes, which would explain why I’ve listened to the thing in its entirety about 12 times in the last couple days. The record feels like an authentic, pretense-free effort from Moretti and crew — no affect, just easy and pleasant, and without question the best of all the emerging Strokes side projects. Nice cover art, too. Little Joy comes out November 4 on Rough Trade, and the band will play a handful of West Coast shows at the end of this month.
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Wow, great song. If this track is any indication, then you are right and this album flies by much too quickly.
the drumming reminds me a lot of the strokes.
you stept up, man. I am stoked as hell about this. Thanks for the head’s up, very promising stuff.
cant wait to see them next week at the troub.
has this leaked yet?
no idea if it’s leaked yet
does it sound a lot like the strokes to anybody else?
It’s like the strokes when they were good.
thanks chris. this is very strokes-y. my new music playlist has been getting a bit stale lately so this will be good.
Diff’rent Strokes to move the world
sweet jesus I want more
sounds pretty sweet to me, pleasant surprise. seems like all the strokes are doing their own little thing these days
They are great! And Amarante rules…
I miss his old band
They’re playing at the Troubadour this Thursday; 9/25.
http://echoparkave.com/the-entrance-band-little-joy-megapuss-at-the-troubadour
I’ts funny how Amarante sounds like Julian in this songs, because I had never made that connection when he was in Los Hermanos. Maybe beacause it would have been so out of context by then.
But I really liked this songs, I knew Amarante rocked, but I wasn’t expecting this project to be so good. And is also funny that people are saying that this is “just like The Strokes when they were good” because is also a lot like Los Hermanos early records (that some people say are the good ones) before they started incorporating more samba-rock songs in their repertory.
And Americans, go see this band live, Amarante is AWSOME on stage.
How has this still not leaked????
Amarante’s lyrics and vocals are always great. At least it has always been in portuguese, and it seems that it won’t be any different in english.
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