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.
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hey guys i hope you actually scope your comments, because i really wanted you guys to know that ever since the first time i popped in your guys' cd its really helped me out in some tough times. whenever im really stressed or sad i know i can always take out 30 minutes of my life to reset with the LJ album. ive seen you guys twice here in LA(though i missed you guys at coachella!) and if by some crazy rediculous chance you guys play in NY from dec. 25th to the 1st, not only will i be there guaranteed, but it will definitly be the one of greatest christmas' of my life. so once again, thanks guys! god willing when im old and look back at my life i will definitly think of LJ cuz you guys have been the soundtrack of my life this year.
Hi! Thanks for being our friend! It would mean a lot if you'd check out our songs and leave us a comment. If we're doing our job you might even get a smile out of it. Comment how you feel!
Also, if you're in the Salt Lake City area let me know, we are trying to build a really strong local fanbase and always looking for people to jam with! Get with us early and we'll hook you up when we're huge...which will probably be in a week or two.
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