Son Little, by Son Little

Son Little

by Son Little

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radaufrau lay down is probably the most relaxed song ever. love it. Favorite track: Lay Down.

Kinami Takeshi Great songs that evoke certain influences while sounding not quite like anyone else. Though I find myself wishing he'd collaborate with someone who's more lyrically out there, to really push into new territory. Favorite track: Go Blue Blood Red.

Philippe Tremblay This album is very diverse yet remains coherent throughout. Favorite track: Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches.

Tim Holmes I can't get over the depths of this album, I love it and weeks after downloading I still can't stop listening. - well done soul Favorite track: The River.

Laurent Hardy What a voice ...!

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1.	I'm Gone 02:57	info	buy track
2.	Nice Dreams 04:11	info	buy track
3.	Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches 03:03	info	buy track
4.	Toes 03:43	info	buy track
5.	Carbon 02:36	info	buy track
6.	Lay Down 03:48 video	lyrics	buy track

7.	Doctor's In 02:56	info	buy track
8.	O Mother 03:12	lyrics	buy track

9.	Go Blue Blood Red 03:58	lyrics	buy track

10.	Loser Blues 04:10	info	buy track
11.	The River 04:34	lyrics	buy track

12.	About A Flood 03:47	info	buy track

about

This record is, in its purest form, American music. The artist formerly known as Aaron Livingston knows his nation and its sounds well. Born to a preacher and a teacher in Los Angeles, where he learned how to listen and how to play before moving east to New York and New Jersey. He dropped in and out of schools and scenes in Manhattan then Philadelphia, and there he collaborated with acts like The Roots and RJD2. He first planted his flag as Son Little with last year’s highly praised EP, Things I Forgot, a small collection of big songs that showcased his ability to hop across genres as well as he does state lines.

The songs on Son Little’s full length teem with small moments creating a bigger picture, a pointillist art piece made from junkyards and viewed from space. Pulling inspiration from the color wheel diaspora of American music, Son Little draws from a deep well, using different buckets to visit and revisit, finding flourishes to add to the core of his songs. There, at the end of “Doctor’s In,” is a roving banjo; there, at the start of “Go Blue Blood Red,” is a keyboard riff culled from a kid’s Blue Man Group keyboard; there, in “Carbon,” is an electric Howlin’ Wolf stomp and start. For Son Little, studio time is a joy, where every good idea leads to four more.

credits

released October 16, 2015

In loving tribute to Ben Austin, Richard Nichols, and Maye Rucker.

Thanks:

The Livingston and Rucker families and all the cousins, aunts and uncles…and my two favorite people on planet earth— Zajahia Rice-Livingston and Senai Earl Makonnen Livingston; Attica Jacques and Gil Grimmett; Michael Gibney, Charlie Raboteau, Martin Raboteau; Nimrod Ben-Reuven, Alec Coiro and Hot Lixx video team; Stephen Greenberg, Jesse Maynard, rjd2, and the Icebird band fam, Ryan Schwabe, Ian Bennett, Rhys and Kat Coiro, the Roots and Okayplayer, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah; Andy Kaulkin and all everyone at Anti/Epitaph Records; Lionel Conway and Mothership Publishing; the folks at Because Music, Tom Windish, Sharyn Goldyn, Ryan Farlow…and my two favorite people on planet earth— Zajahia Rice-Livingston and Senai Earl Makonnen Livingston.

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Son Little Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Son Little’s new album 'aloha' comes out 1.31 on ANTI- (World) / Because (FR).

shows

Dec 11

Soda Bar

San Diego, CA
Dec 12

Lodge Room

Highland Park, CA
Jan 17

Asbury Lanes

Asbury Park, NJ
Jan 24

Kings

Raleigh, NC
Jan 31

ArtsRiot

Burlington, VT
Feb 01

3S Artspace

Portsmouth, NH
Feb 13

The Soraya

Northridge, CA
Feb 16

The Siren

Morro Bay, CA
Feb 17

Sweetwater Music Hall

Mill Valley, CA
Feb 18

Moe's Alley

Santa Cruz, CA
Feb 20

Multiple Venues

Calgary, AB
Feb 28

Fox Theatre

Boulder, CO
Feb 29

Washington's

Fort Collins, CO
Mar 27

Patterns

Brighton, UK
Mar 28

Oslo Hackney

London, UK
Mar 30

LA MAROQUINERIE

Paris, France
Apr 01

Paradiso Noord, Tolhuistuin

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 02

BIRD

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Apr 04

Bahnhof Pauli (klubhaus St. Pauli)

Hamburg, Germany
Apr 05

Privatclub

Berlin, Germany
Apr 06

Yuca

Cologne, Germany
Apr 07

Exil

Zürich, Switzerland

discography

aloha

Jan 2020
invisible

Oct 2019
O Me O My (Gavin Moss Remix)

Mar 2018
New Magic

Sep 2017
Son Little

Oct 2015
Things I Forgot

Nov 2014

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Track Name: Lay Down: Baby won’t you lay down.
Let’s watch this water boil.
Let the others run around, just this once.
Lay down with me a moment, let me ease your worried mind.
Lay down and drift a moment, let’s not waste any more of our precious time.
Baby won’t you lay down.
Let’s watch this water boil.
Let the others run around, just this once.
Let your hair down and pull the curtain.
Let me see you in the light.
Just lay down, mere words are worthless.
Let me hold, let me hold you through the night.
Baby won’t you lay down.
Let’s watch this water boil.
Let the others run around-just this once!
Track Name: O Mother: O Mother, why do they treat me like I’m not a man?
I wonder, does anybody know just who I am?
Can I love the world exactly as it is, or do I have to split?
Is there anybody rooting for the kid?
O Mother, is this not the way you want me to behave?
I won’t just set here and let them treat me like a slave.
Can I love the world and hate how it makes me feel?
Cause I don’t wanna kneel.
Is there anyone who’s got my back for real?
O Mother.
I do not think I live here anymore.
I sometimes wonder, is it wrong if I do not want to live at all?
Can I love the world enough to give a spin or am I giving in?
Or do we burn the old one down and start again?
Track Name: Go Blue Blood Red: What’s on your mind you wretched knight?
So cloudy you can’t see.
I’ll dig the words, uncage the birds just so they’ll sing with me.
All your force is spent and I know the time is come, but I don’t know where time went!
One nation under guns, over insufficient funds and rivers run blood red.
And I’m all Go Blue!
And then i’m a Blood Red!
Me and you ain't dead yet.
What fool am I?
Can I describe these moments we have left?
The price is right, all alaline.
You CIAin’t done yet.
You shouldn’t wonder why, there’s no reason to guard what you can’t protect.
Get your ass in line.
And I’m all: Go Blue and then I’m a Blood Red!
Me and you ain't dead yet!
My misfit tribe, my fiery bride, these crooked spanish steps.
My horse, my trees, my brilliant seeds.
These dogs pick up the scent.
We’ve only just begun, and I know the time has come.
But I don’t know where time went.
There’s nothing new under the sun.
Never knew what that meant.
And I’m all Go Blue!
And then i’m a Code Red!
Me and you ain't dead yet.
Track Name: The River: Many a moon come this way at night, many a moon come and shine her light.
Taking her clothes off, it break my mind.
Taking her clothes off, gon' take off mine.
Want you so bad it’s like I’m out of time.
Want you so bad, I had to break your mine.
Gimme your love baby all the time, gimme your love baby you got mine, now.
Walk me to the river darlin!
Rock me in the river darlin!
I (feel you) start to shiver about it!
Walk me to the river darlin!
Most of my friend, now they blow me off.
Most of my friends gone and blown me off.
Can’t really blame them baby: I got lost.
Can’t even blame them baby: I fell off.
Deep in the woods, girl where we get off.
Deep in the woods, girl where we get off.
Run with the wolves, girl I’m never lost.
Run with the wolves, girl I’m never lost, now.
Walk me to the river darlin!
Rock me in the river darlin!
I (feel you) start to shiver about it.
Walk me to the river darlin.
20 to 7 baby, time to rise!
20 to 7 baby, time to rise!
Heart is blazing blue electric fire.
Heart is blazing blue electric fire.
Want you so bad it’s like I’m out of time!
Want you so bad, I had to break your mind.
Gimme your love baby, all your time.
Gimme your love baby, you got mine, now.

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