Little Joy “Keep Me In Mind (Live Daytrotter Session)”
Earlier this week, Little Joy (the side project act of Strokes’ drummer Fabrizio Moretti, Los Hermanos singer Rodrigo Amarante and singer/ songwriter Binki Shapiro) took a trip to the Daytrotter studios for a couple of live performances, and the posted sessions quickly reminded Mixtape Maestro how much of a pleasantly sublime treat their much overlooked 2008 self-titled debut remains (and how much we look forward to any of their future endeavors in-between day job gigs).
One of the featured performances is the Strokes-y “Keep Me In Mind”, an upbeat summertime rocker revolving around a man’s discovery of a “Dear John” letter that’s somehow both cruel and charming (“Frankly dear, i’m forced to give it up/ Tried my hand and now I’ve had enough/ Even though we have to say goodbye/ Keep me in mind”).
Given the blurried quality of the album version, hearing “Mind” in the crystal-clear clarity of a live context makes it’s even more of a favorite. Now we can better grasp the song’s dancing twin guitar interweavery magic, as well as the ragged edges of Amarante’s lazy croon, which adds a nice wearied tone in his echoed reciting of the title.
Hear/ snatch up the Daytrotter performance below.
DL: “Keep Me In Mind (Live Daytrotter Session)” (alt)
Wow. These guys are great. Why haven’t I heard of them before???