The Little Death is:
Laura Dawn on Vocals;
Daron Murphy on Guitar, Bass and Harmonica;
Aaron Brooks on Drums
Moby on bass and guitar
The Death Threats are:
Cherie Martorana and
Jamie Rae on backing vocals
Influences
John Lee Hooker, Bettye LaVette, Junior Wells, Wanda Jackson, Etta Jones, the Ike and Tina Turner Review, Otis Redding, Sonny Boy Williamson, Curtis Mayfield, Little Walter, Sam Cooke, Dusty Springfield, Albert King, Solomon Burke, Hubert Sumlin, Terry Reid, broken and mended hearts, an ocean of regret and a sense of humor.
“One of New York’s best-kept sultry secrets….top notch players and volcanic generosity…singer Laura Dawn’s staging and rocket-fuel is punk…and her powerhouse voice channels blues and gospel…she’s a riveting performer, her own blend of Tina Turner and Janis Joplin…Daron Murphy bends low with his guitar and to her right, Moby paces forwards and back with his bass. The sound is their own special cocktail of soul, punk, blues, rock, and just the right amount of drunk.” –Annie Nocenti, The Brooklyn Rail
"noirish-blues-rock meets Laura Dawn's sultry purr and the bald one's punk" Time Out NY
"The rock and soul outfit cranked out one hell of a performance...the kind of music played in old juke joints updated with some modern touches...soul searching lyrics about love and other catastrophes...Laura (Dawn)'s a powerhouse of a woman with a voice that makes you feel this big (take your thumb and index and put them close to each other)..You just don't mess around with her..." - MusicSnobbery.com
"Laura Dawn's pipes can damn near raise the dead. The full-throated vocalist... bends notes six ways to Sunday in Moby's rock band side-project, The Little Death NYC. Backed by swaggering House of Zep riffs, Dawn cuts loose over bluesy psychedelia."--Metromix.com
"Like the original Ike & Tina Turner Revue, minus the beatings. I love them." -John Waters on The Little Death nyc
"Move over Janis Joplin!" - David Lynch
The Little Death (nyc) is Aaron Brooks (drums), Laura Dawn (lead vocals), Daron Murphy (guitar, bass, & harmonica) and Moby (bass, guitar). Formed in 2007, their sound is like a drunken bar fight between John Lee Hooker and Kurt Weill or the desperate love-child of Big Mama Thornton and Robert Mitchum. Old blues, soul, and vintage psychedelia slamming behind songs about fucking and despair, blind joy and glorious dissolution, fronted by a white girl with a voice equal parts Bessie Smith and Dusty Springfield. Their packed live shows (featuring tight harmonies from backup singers Jamie Rae and Cherie Martorana, aka The Death Threats) are raucous and passionate--a punk-rock fueled blues revival for hungry souls.
I'm ever so sorry that I didn't get a chance to wish you all well for your album release night last Friday. I'm glad it was wonderful. I knew it would be, because you are all so talented and amazing.
hey all, you were simply wonderful last night @ mercury and i was more than thankful to be there! so thank you for a great set and for giving the crowd such amazing energy. i hope to have the opportunity to hear you again live! wishing you all the best. be well,a.
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