Description
Soft-spoken with the look of a slightly disaffected 1950s matinee idol, Aaron Frazer possesses a unique voice that”s both contemporary and timeless. On Introducing… – his debut solo album produced by The Black Keys” Dan Auerbach, co-released on Easy Eye Sound and Dead Oceans – Aaron melds mid-”60s soul with Auerbach”s particular sensibilities (”Over You”), songs with a message in the key of Gil Scott-Heron (”Bad News”), and uplifting tales of love told through a blend of disco, gospel, and doo-wop (”Have Mercy”).
The Brooklyn-based, Baltimore-raised songwriter first came into the international spotlight as multi-instrumentalist and colead singer of Durand Jones & The Indications, but he”s more than a revivalist act. “”I didn”t want Introducing… to be an exact recreation of an era or a style,”” Frazer says. “”I”m excited to keep breaking some of the expectations around what exactly I”m supposed to be artistically and musically, or what this scene as a whole can be.”” On Introducing…, Aaron expertly calibrates consciousness-raising and the desire to be enveloped by love. Where previous records were written in a partial state of turmoil, Aaron”s debut LP shows maturation and range. Introducing… is both loving and gracious, critical without losing hope, and a showcase of a young artist on a seriously soulful ascent.
- 1 You Don”t Wanna Be My Baby
- 2 If I Got It (Your Love Brought It)
- 3 Can”t Leave It Alone
- 4 Bad News
- 5 Have Mercy
- 6 Done Lyin”
- 7 Lover Girl
- 8 Ride with Me
- 9 Girl on the Phone
- 10 Love Is
- 11 Over You
- 12 Leanin” on Your Everlasting Love
