Little Joy “Don’t Watch Me Dancing”
On “Don’t Watch Me Dancing”, a highlight cut from the recently released eponymous debut of somewhat-”supergroup” Little Joy (members are Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, Los Hermanos frontman Rodrigo Amarante and LA musician Binki Shapiro), the combined serenity of a hushed, twangy waltz and the delicate, near-whisper coo of Shapiro casts the kind of cottony-soft ear candy you wish all your dreams could be soundtracked with.
Through plucked, lullabye-like melodics that float on like the lightest of breezes eventually blossoming into a male harmony-laden Wall of Sound whirl, the listener is introduced to Miss “Margarita”, a “Sunday social” queen who “sways between suitors on a broken heel”. Binks’ drowsy narration is lined with both heavy weariness and somber fascination as she tracks the character’s cyclical trail through constantly new surroundings, where she re-enacts an increasingly tiresome “hit-it-then-quit-it” act over and over again.
A quietly tranquilizing little gem, “Don’t Watch Me Dancing” might not completely calm the yearn for the next Strokes’ project, but it accomplishes enough to spark anticipation for what other “little joys” Little Joy have to offer during the next between-album hiatus of Fab’s day gig.
DL: “Don’t Watch Me Dancing” (alt)
Such a great new band… and her voice is soooo poetic – Binky was on the Carson Daly show last week and wore one of our dresses.
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