Kevin Bronson on July 12th, 2012

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There’s no moment in recent memory that I’ve been happier glued to the floor than the chilly night this past February when Aaron Embry played to a completely hushed (!) room at the Silverlake Lounge. A voice, a special guitar, a board to stomp on, and a wide-open vein of emotions – those are the components of Embry’s relentlessly optimistic yet heartbreakingly realistic folk music. Long respected for his work with other bands, including Avi Buffalo, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and his own Amnion, Embry has now made a solo album, “Tiny Prayers,” which comes out Sept. 18 via Alex Ebert’s Community Music imprint. This one’s special.

||| Download: “Moon of the Daylit Sky”

||| Previously: “No Go” and another demo, from early this year.

||| Live: Aaron Embry performs Saturday at the Bootleg Bar and July 26 at the Echo.

Photo from Embry’s Greek Theatre show by Laurie Scavo