Little Joy 'Little Joy' album

Rough Trade Records is pleased to announce the release from Little Joy. The band's self-titled debut has been released on November 4th.

Little Joy consists of: Fabrizio Moretti (drummer of The Strokes), Binki Shapiro, and Rodrigo Amarante, three friends who dropped their routine at their respective hometowns to make a record in Los Angeles.

Through a chance encounter at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon, where both Amarante (Singer/Guitarist of Los Hermanos) and Moretti had performed, the two chatted well through the night and into the morning by the side of the river, humoring the idea of working together on music that had no affiliation to their particular bands.

A year later, Amarante traveled to the United States to record with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album. On the off hours of an arduous recording process, Amarante would meet with Moretti to discuss anything but music.

Binki Shapiro, musician and native of Los Angeles, was introduced to the pair through mutual acquaintances and became a fast friend, encouraging the two to focus on the music they had spoken of long before. Through the process of late night "show-and-tell" the three developed and arranged songs Moretti had begun and soon after started writing original music for the group as a band.

A couple of months later they all moved into a house in Echo Park to demo songs and soon after, with the help of producer Noah Georgeson, who had recorded Banhart's album, they finished their self-titled debut, Little Joy, named after the cocktail lounge just down the street from their home.

Previous to the album's release the band will play select dates with Banhart's band Megapuss. A headlining tour is in the works for November and December.

The single, "Keep Me In Mind" is now impacting Alternative.

Little Joy tour dates
November
07 - St. Paul, MN - Station Four
08 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
09 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Hard Rock
12 - Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass
13 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
14 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
16 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's Place
18 - Washington, D.C. - Black Cat (Backstage)

meet the band Little Joy
Fabrizio Moretti – Guitar/Tenor Guitar/Piano/Bass/Drums/ Percussion/Melodica & Backing Vocals
Binki Shapiro – Vocals/Guitar/Glockenspiel/Percussion & Backing Vocals
Rodrigo Amarante – Vocals/Guitar/Piano/Bass/Ukulele/Organ/ Melotron/ Percussion & Backing Vocals

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