Through conversations, following that night, the two struck up a rapport around out-of-print soul 45s and gospel music. As fate would have it, Frazer was home, in his Brooklyn apartment, frying up plantains. This entire project becomes easily understood as something made by people who love the chic and mysterious power of old 45s and the power they wield.Īccording to a Billboard story, Auerbach contacted Frazer and offered to produce a solo project for his Easy Eye Sound Label. Produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and written by L Russell Brown, who penned hits for the falsetto king Frankie Valli, is built with strings, breakbeat balladry, nasty Issac Hayes-type background orchestration and Frazer, with that absolute pain/pleasure falsetto just selling it. From the jump, “You Don’t Wanna Be My Baby,” the devastating opening ballad from Aaron Frazer’s debut album Introducing…, gets you stuck, squarely on the first track.
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