“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. “I didn’t want ‘Introducing…’ to be an exact recreation of an era or a style,” Frazer says. The Brooklyn-based, Baltimore-raised songwriter first came into the international spotlight as multiinstrumentalist and co-lead singer of Durand Jones & The Indications but he’s more than a revivalist act. On ‘Introducing…’ – his debut solo album produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach – Aaron melds mid60s 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’). Soft-spoken with the look of a slightly disaffected 1950s matinee idol, Aaron Frazer possesses a unique voice that’s both contemporary and timeless.
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