{"product_id":"aaron-frazer-into-the-blue-cd","title":"Aaron Frazer - Into the Blue (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003e\"Into The Blue is the clearest portrait of who I am as an artist. It's me through\r\nand through,\" says multi-instrumentalist Aaron Frazer. A daring blend of soul, psychedelia,\r\nspaghetti western, disco, gospel and hip-hop, Into the Blue represents the impressive range\r\nof Frazer's sonic talents. Frazer maintains the unmistakable falsetto and classic songwriting\r\nhe's known for, but plants Into the Blue firmly in the now with a hip-hop mentality at it's core,\r\nweaving together genres and production techniques to form something new.\r\nInto The Blue was conceived, like so many classic records, out of actual\r\nheartbreak. Frazer moved cross-country from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and embarked on a\r\njourney that's reflected in the album's themes of grief, loneliness, and searching for healing.\r\n\"Into The Blue really means heading into the unknown. That has been the last year of my\r\nlife and I'm still in the blue,\" Frazer explains. \"But there are also songs here that celebrate\r\nlove and the giddiness of a new relationship and all that. That's part of a breakup to me,\r\nprocessing the whole thing, remembering the things that were right as much as the things\r\nthat were wrong.\"\r\nFrazer wrote on every track and played several live instruments on the\r\nalbum. The title track, \"Into The Blue\", is a haunting, resolute anthem, combining cinematic\r\nstrings and tough-as-nails breakbeats as Frazer heads west. \"Here I go, to a place where the\r\nbroken heart knows,\" he sings. \"It's all I can do. Back into the blue.\" \"Payback\" is an explosive\r\ndancefloor heater, featuring shimmering tambourines and driving bass lines. Northern soul\r\ndrums meet snarling fuzz guitar, hurdling towards it's epic conclusion.\r\nThe album features moments of towering arrangements, recalling David\r\nAxelrod and Ennio Merricone, balanced by rawness, incorporating iPhone recordings\r\nand one-take vocals. For Into the Blue, Frazer enlisted Grammy-winner Alex Goose as coproducer, known for his crate-digging samples and collaborations with hip-hop artists like\r\nFreddie Gibbs, Madlib and Brockhampton. Frazer also experimented with samples for the\r\nfirst time on a record, drawing from unexpected sources like 90s R\u0026amp;B group Hi-Five.\r\nThough Into the Blue is born out of heartbreak, Frazer hopes it leaves listeners with a sense\r\nof optimism. \"You know, you can still laugh on a day when you're grieving,\" he says, \"there's\r\nno peaks without valleys,\" he says, but Into The Blue sees Aaron Frazer at new heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThinking of You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Into the Blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fly Away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Payback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dime\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Perfect Strangers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Time Will Tell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Don't Wanna Stay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Play on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Easy to Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Fool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400604782866,"sku":"656605162027","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/4326570-3164371.jpg?v=1729115903","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aaron-frazer-into-the-blue-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}