Described as “a rich and soulful baritone” by Uncut, Aaron Livingston, aka Son Little, is sharing ‘In Orbit‘ today, his first new music in three years. Sweet yet plaintive, Little pledges: “i’ll wait for you in orbit / but i don’t know how long that i can go.”
“I read and watch a lot of science fiction, and I’m obsessed with the idea of a thing being in different places at the same time,” Little explains when discussing the meaning of the song. ‘In Orbit’ plays with this idea lyrically, while using echoes and the spaces in my playing to suggest the great distance between lovers who, for various reasons, can’t be together.”
LISTEN TO ‘IN ORBIT’ HERE
WATCH VIDEO HERE
2022’s ‘Like Neptune’ established Son Little as the polyglot translator and rightful torchbearer of the celebrated musical tradition known as rhythm and blues. Continuing to revolutionise the modern understanding and expectation of the R&B sound, Son Little delivers an unadulterated transmission of Black American music performed in its praying and pleading mother tongue. With it, he completes the daunting tasks of confronting himself and pushing his sound to completion.
“I’ve always felt as though I was making music because I had to; something inside compelled me, fueled me,” Little shared. “This the first time in a long time I’m making music for the pure joy of creating.”
The result was a timeless body of work reflective of his deep internal desire to inhabit the most radiant version of himself and become a positive force in the lives of people around him. “Son Little’s Like Neptune is a stunning statement of purpose … his most emotionally vulnerable and sonically bold album yet,” declared Afropunk.
Son Little is currently on tour with Larkin Poe, crisscrossing Europe with upcoming shows in Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium. All tour dates are listed below.
2025 Tour Dates
Nov 12 – Lisbon, PO @ Coliseu dos Recreios *
Nov 13 – Santiago de Compostela, SP @ Outono Códax Festival
Nov 14 – Madrid, SP @ Sala La Riviera *
Nov 15 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz *
Nov 16 – Cenon, Nouvelle-Aquitaine FR @ Le Rocher de Palmer *
Nov 18 – Clermont-Ferrand, FR @ La Coopérative de Mai *
Nov 19 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Siréne *
Nov 21 – Antwerp, DE @ De Roma *
* with Larkin Poei
