Jack Littman’s spare folk music abides the great traditions of the troubadour. The 23-year-old Los Angeles native (yet another product of Hamilton High’s music program) digs deep to narrate the frailties of the human condition — his and others’ — and in the manner of an essayist uses his deft vocal phrasing as punctuation. His debut album “Murder by Desire” (2010) served as the template for a strong follow-up, a six-song EP titled “The Mixtape.” In his self-directed video for “Little Pretty Thing” (filmed by Richard Hench), Littman nods to the object of his affection, as well as L.A.’s FMLY community (that’s footage from one of its bike rides) that has supported him so much. A distinctive voice, and one that figures to grow more resonant with age.
||| Download: “The Mixtape” EP for free via Bandcamp.
||| Live: Jack Littman plays Feb. 21 at the Airliner and Feb. 28 at Lot 1 Cafe.
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wow that sucked…
…a lot!
Sounds like ‘teh muffin’ knows alot about SUCKING. But, the VIDEO rocks!
muffins suck. the video was sick.
Beyond suck this song is awful and has no redeeming quality to it. The only good thing about this video is the girl is pretty good looking otherwise TOTAL SUCK FEST!