Little Joy pre-sale tickets for their upcoming fall dates will be available here.
The pre-sale for Little Joy's NYC October 2nd show at Webster Hall will begin on TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH at 10AM EST. The page will be updated as soon as more shows are added to the pre-sale list, so check back often!
Little Joy is Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante and Fabrizio Moretti, three friends who dropped their routine at their respective hometowns to make a record in Los Angeles, California.
Through a chance encounter at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon, where both Amarante (Singer/Guitarist of Los Hermanos) and Moretti (drummer of The Strokes) 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.
Little Joy's debut album was released worldwide by Rough Trade Records, a division of The Beggar’s Group, on Nov. 4th, 2008.
Greetings & Respect to you. A new track has been posted up, "The 38th Shade". Further to "37 Shades Of Black" (a Muezzin call to prayer)....the new track is an old Namo Buddhist chant set to an ass whomping rock track. It was a lot of fun to put together and I hope you can find time to give it a listen someday.
Conheci A Little Joy através de um site de letras de música, e me apaixonei! Deviam ter ganhado muuitos prêmios no Multishow! Vocês são demais, as músicas são lindas e trazem uma harmonia muito boa! Beijos!
loved you guys in dallas.... you guys blew me away. My entire family loves your music. Please write another album! You guys rock too much not to get on that second album!!!!!
Ciao kids! Fab, I thought of you today, when I heard the news of Salinger. Naturally, b/c you recommended "Franny and Zooey" to me! It's one of my all time faves, along with "Nine Stories." Hope you and the other Little Joys are well. With Love and Squalor, Chaedria. ;)
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