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Into The Blue is the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist. Its me through and through, says multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer. A daring blend of soul, psychedelia, spaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip-hop, Into the Blue represents the impressive range of Frazer’s sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting hes known for, but plants Into the Blue firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at its core, weaving together genres and production techniques to form something new.
Into The Blue was conceived out of heartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a journey thats reflected in the albums themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing. Into The Blue really means heading into the unknown. That has been the last year of my life and I’m still in the blue, Frazer explains. But there are also songs here that celebrate love and the giddiness of a new relationship and all that. That’s part of a breakup to me, processing the whole thing, remembering the things that were right as much as the things that were wrong.
Frazer wrote on every track and played several live instruments on the album. The title track, Into The Blue, is a haunting, resolute anthem, combining cinematic strings and tough-as-nails breakbeats as Frazer heads west. Here I go, to a place where the broken heart knows, he sings. Its all I can do. Back into the blue. Payback is an explosive dance floor heater, featuring shimmering tambourines and driving bass lines. Northern soul drums meet snarling fuzz guitar, hurtling towards its epic conclusion.
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