Little Joy is the self-titled debut album by the band Little Joy

Little Joy

Little Joy is a Brazilian/American rock band formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro. Amarante and Moretti met in 2006, at a festival in Lisbon where both their bands were performing, and the idea came up to start a...

. It was released on November 4, 2008.

Track listing

1. "The Next Time Around" (Amarante/Moretti) - 2:35
2. "Brand New Start" (Moretti) - 3:05
3. "Play the Part" (Amarante/Moretti/Shapiro) - 2:57
4. "No One's Better Sake" (Moretti) - 2:51
5. "Unattainable" (Moretti/Shapiro) - 2:00
6. "Shoulder to Shoulder" (Amarante/Moretti) - 2:37
7. "With Strangers" (Amarante/Moretti) - 2:49
8. "Keep Me in Mind" (Amarante/Moretti) - 2:22
9. "How to Hang a Warhol" (Amarante/Moretti/Shapiro) - 2:07
10. "Don't Watch Me Dancing" (Amarante/Moretti/Shapiro) - 3:33
11. "Evaporar" (Amarante) - 3:52

Personnel

• Fabrizio Moretti
  Fabrizio Moretti
  Fabrizio Moretti is the drummer of the American indie rock band, The Strokes. Fabrizio’s side project with Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos and Binki Shapiro, entitled Little Joy debuted on Rough Trade Records...
  
   – Guitar
  Guitar
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  /Tenor Guitar
  Tenor guitar
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  /Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  /Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  /Drums/Percussion/Melodica
  Melodica
  The melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
  
   and Backing Vocals
• Binki Shapiro – Vocals/Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  /Glockenspiel
  Glockenspiel
  A glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
  
  /Percussion and Backing Vocals
• Rodrigo Amarante
  Rodrigo Amarante
  Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves , in is a guitarist, occasional bassist, singer and songwriter for the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial and Little Joy....
  
   – Vocals/Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  /Piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  /Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  /Ukulele
  Ukulele
  The ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....
  
  /Organ
  Organ (music)
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  / Mellotron
  Mellotron
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  / Percussion and Backing Vocals

Andrew Balogh - Sax (Baritone);
Ryan Duffy - Violin;
Alison Lowell - Oboe;
Maciej Sflif - Bassoon;
Brendan Speltz - Violin;
David Tuohy - Vocals (Background);
Keegan Wood - Trombone;
Wen Yee - Viola;
Amy Tatum - Woodwind;
Loribeth Capella - Vocals (Background);
Mia Barcia-Colombo - Cello;

Adam Green Vocals - (Background);
Andy Leonard - Clarinet;
Nick Valensi - Vocals (Background);
Noah Georgeson - Guitar, Mixing, Audio Production, Slide Guitar, Vocals (Background), Producer;
Mia Barcia Colombo - Cello;
Mike Davis - Trumpet;