Little Joy
Little Joy are a Brazilian/American band formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizzo Moretti and Binki Shapiro.
The band came together when Amarante and Moretti met in 2006, at a festival in Lisbon where both their bands were performing, and the idea came up to start a new musical project unrelated to their respective bands.
Amarante and Moretti met again when Amarante travelled to Los Angeles to collaborate with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album.
Through mutual acquaintances, they met multi-instrumentalist Binki Shapiro, who encouraged the pair to work on a few songs Moretti had begun writing.
The self-titles debut album “Little Joy” was released in 2008.
The sound of Little Joy is the sound of an alternative folk rock band from the 60’s. The bright, yet reggae inspired rhythms on some of the songs makes this to a perfect album on a hot summers day.
The music is adorable and have a consistently well lo-fi style through the entire album, without making it sound like some sort of low budget recording.
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