âThat songâs an apology delivered at the start of a relationship, instead of the end, when it all falls apart,â says Little.
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âIâd been thinking a lot about how I find myself repeating the same mistakes in different areas of my life. I find myself drawn over and over to the same qualities in different people, and sometimes the dynamic can become toxic. Pointing the finger is easy. Iâm trying to be better at acknowledging my part of the problem.â
Recorded at Parisâs iconic Studios Ferber with producer Renaud Letang (Feist, Manu Chao), aloha is Littleâs first album to be recorded with an outside producer. The result is his boldest, most self-assured statement yet. Itâs an ambitious work of vision and reflection, and an ecstatic testament to the freedom that comes from trusting the currents of life to carry you where you belong.
Listen to âmahaliaâ:
https://youtu.be/Mpcl0_4cPns
In order to create aloha, Little began writing and assembling album demos in Petaluma, California. However, after his hard drive fried and he lost nearly a dozen detailed demos, he was forced to begin with a blank slate, leading him to write aloha in only eight days at a tiny house and its adjacent barn. While Little plays nearly every instrument on the album himself, he put his songs in the hands of an outside producer for the first time here. The entire project was an exercise in letting go, in ceding control, in surrendering to fate.
“With bluesy distorted guitar chords, a hint of Latin rhythm and perhaps a distant echo of the Zombies âTime of the Season,â Son Little offers a genial comedown in âhey roseâ…”
â The New York Times
“Son Little (real name Aaron Earl Livingston) blends old school soul, R&B and even indie sensibilities with added charisma.”
â CLASH
“The magic at the heart of Son Littleâs music is the way so many of his songs could be standards, but none of them could have come from anyone else.”
â Afropunk
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Son Little – moniker of LAâs Aaron Earl Livingston – today shares âmahalia,â a new single from his forthcoming album, aloha, due January 31st on ANTI-. Following previously released singles âsufferâ and âhey rose,â âmahaliaâ is infectious. The track marries sparse, distorted guitar tones with clean, dense vocal harmonies.
Little will tour Europe in March and April 2020. A full list of tour dates are below, with tickets available at sonlittle.com/tour.
Watch video for âsufferâ:
https://youtu.be/xLo0a_mKmx4
Watch video for âhey roseâ:
https://youtu.be/KTzEVH4f434
Pre-order aloha:
https://sonlittle.ffm.to/aloha
European Tour Dates:
Fri. March 27 – Brighton, UK @ Patterns
Sat. March 28 – London, UK @ Oslo
Mon. March 30 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie
Tue. March 31 – Antwerp, BE @ Kavka VZW
Wed. April 1 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
Thu. April 2 – Rotterdam, NL @ Bird
Sat. April 4 – Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli
Sun. April 5 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Mon. April 6 – Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell
Tue. April 7 – Zurich, CH @ Exil
Thu. April 9 – Zaragoza, ES @ Rock & Blues CafĂ©
Fri. April 10 – Barcelona, ES @ La Nau