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Los Angeles, United States (2007 – present)

Little Joy is formed by 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 in 2007.

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.

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DaN_fluir wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Banda foda... Amarante continua genio nessa banda

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noahcd wrote:
Tuesday morning

Little Joy is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! Binki Shapiro is a very pretty girl too.

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music_hater wrote:
Monday morning

psycontrole, é diferente sim. diferente dos strokes. diferente dos los hermanos. diferente até de outras bandas poraí. e vale MUITO a pena :)

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airtimes wrote:
last week

fantastic live

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psycontrole wrote:
last week

Pô, será que este negócio é diferente mesmo como diz a descrição da banda ou é só mais um modismo? Eu gostaria muito de escutar.

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monkeynotrobot wrote:
last week

are the recommended artists a decent selection of similar music? this album is really refreshing..

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ImgonnaDJ wrote:
last week

Binki looks so hot, and between two men :D Dirty thoughts!

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Vespapreta wrote:
last week

humm....it seems to be nice...Brazilian side of indie rockn' roll

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leovillas wrote:
last week

for me, it's much better than Strokes.

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chicachondet wrote:
last week

in tune ^^

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LuanBezerra wrote:
14 days ago

muito bom ! super válido escutar !

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shmurry wrote:
15 days ago

adore!

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hairspray44 wrote:
17 days ago

definitely not the best strokes side project, but a decent album. i enjoy this album very much for wat it is :D

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krolbonk wrote:
17 days ago

the best strokes side project hands down [4] ; the best strokes side project hands down [3] ; ADÓÓÓRO!!

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sidhoffman wrote:
19 days ago

the best strokes side project hands down [3]

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Rodd1251 wrote:
22 days ago

the best strokes side project hands down [2]

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mamatooo wrote:
23 days ago

my favourite album all time ^^!

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brunarequena wrote:
24 days ago

Little Joy is the definition of love. [2]

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Rodstatu wrote:
25 days ago

eu quero cd novo! :D

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jathammer wrote:
25 days ago

the best strokes side project hands down

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