Aloud is an American indie rock band. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 2002 by principal vocalists and songwriters Jen de la Osa and Henry Beguiristain, accompanied by bassist Charles Murphy, drummer Chris Jago. Primarily a quartet for the majority of its existence, Aloud expanded their permanent lineup in 2017 to include saxophonist Alanah Ntzouras and trumpeter Vanessa Acosta. The band's songwriting and vocal abilities are often highlighted by critics.Spotlight: Aloud, Performer Magazine (Northeast), July 2007DeTroiav, Kristen, "Aloud 'Exile' ", Performer Magazine, November 2010, p. 31Enigmatic lyrics get fans thinking Aloud, Boston Herald, August 25, 2006Live Review, The Noise, November 2005 While generally known for a more energetic sound, Aloud changed tack and pared down their sound on their third studio album, Exile.Perry, Jonathan, "Aloud ramps up its sound, pares down the band, and hits the road with 'Exile'", The Boston Globe, September 17, 2010
Their sixth studio album, Apollo 6, will be released on May 19, 2023.
Studio albums
Year Details 2006Leave Your Light On
Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR001) Released: May 2, 2006 Formats: CD, download 2008Fan The Fury
Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR002) Released: March 25, 2008 Formats: CD, download 2010Exile
Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR003) Released: October 12, 2010 Formats: CD, download 2014It's Got To Be Now
Label: Mother West (MW0214) Released: April 1, 2014 Formats: CD, vinyl, download2020Sprezzatura Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR013) Released: May 8, 2020 Formats: CD, vinyl, download2023Apollo 6 Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR029) Released: May 19, 2023 Formats: CD, vinyl, download
EPs
Year Details 2004 The Sooner It Comes
Label: Emaginary Records (ER79138), Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR000) Released: June 12, 2004 Formats: CD, download 2009 Live 2009
Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR002B) Released: December 31, 2009 Formats: download2019City Lights Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR015) Released: November 29, 2019 Formats: download2020Dead Reckoning Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR019) Released: May 8, 2020 Formats: download2021Scenes From a Lonely Planet Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR023) Released: August 20, 2021 Formats: download2024Observer Affect Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR033) Released: December 6, 2024 Formats: vinyl, download
Singles
Year Title Album 2004 "(Hey Now) What's It To You" b/w "Mind Relaxer" The Sooner It Comes 2005 "All I Can Do" Leave Your Light On 2006 "Beaches" "Can You Hear Me Now?" 2007 "Put on the Parka" Non-album single 2008 "Fan The Fury" Fan The Fury "Sometimes I Feel Like A Vampire" 2009 "Julie" "You Got Me Wrong" "Happy Effing Xmas" Non-album single 2010 "Old Soldier" Exile 2011 "Exile in the Night" "The Last Time [campfire version]" Non-album single "The Cash and the Pearls" b/w "So Long" 2012 "You Will Know" b/w "Such A Long Time" 2013 "A Little Bit Low" It's Got To Be Now 2014 "It's Got To Be Now" "Back Here With Me Again" 2015 "Ravens & Writing Desks" Non-album single "Darkest Days (2015 Remix)" Exile 2016 "The Wicked Kind" It's Got To Be Now "The Wicked Kind (Emiliano Melis remix)" "Please Come Home for Christmas" Non-album single 2017 "Agua Mala" "Empty House"/"Falling Out of Love" (vinyl only) 2018 "Falling Out of Love"/"Empty House""Dead Flowers""Son of the Dharma" b/w "Last of the Evergreens"2019"Children of the Divine" b/w "(I Just Want) To Be Free""Live TV" b/w "Show Me What You Got"2020"Been So Long Since We've Seen the Sun"Sprezzatura"Loving U's a Beautiful Thing""Waiting (Scenes From a Lonely Planet)""Hungry Land"2022"The Comeback Kid"Apollo 62023"Somewhere To Be""Meditation for the Housebound""Big Blue"2024"The Sky's in Love With You"Observer Affect"A Week Without Rain"
Videos
Year Release details Comments2021Scenes From a Lonely Planet Label: Lemon Merchant Released: May 15, 2021 Format: DigitalConcert film of a performance at South Endustries recording studio in Los Angeles, CA.Live at the Paramount Boston Label: Lemon Merchant Released: February 17, 2021 Format: DigitalConcert film of a performance at Boston's Paramount Theater on July 24, 2015.2020A Line of Lights Label: Lemon Merchant Released: October 16, 2020 Format: DigitalConcert film of Aloud's album release show for Exile in Boston, MA, on September 23, 2010. Released as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of Exile. 2015 Be Free of Your Past
Label: Lemon Merchant Released: December 17, 2015 Format: Digital Short film on the making of Aloud's third album Exile. 2008 Hard Up In The 2000s
Label: Lemon Merchant Released: September 12, 2008 Format: Digital Documentary film of the Spring leg of the Fan The Fury tour, which took place March – April 2008. Contains live performances and interviews with the band. 2004 Aloud: 2004 Year in Review
Released: December 2004 Format: CD-ROM Short documentary on the recording of The Sooner It Comes and touring in 2004. The short was distributed to subscribers of Aloud's e-mail list. The CD-ROM also contained an audio interview on WMFO and bonus tracks.Aloud, "Aloud Year In Review CD-ROM.", November 20, 2004, (Internet Archive) Retrieved 2011-10-27
Music videos
Year Title Director 2006 "Beaches" Tom Fitzgerald 2007 "Can You Hear Me Now?" 2009 "Julie" Chris March "You Got Me Wrong" Annie Burns 2010 "Old Soldier" Chris March 2011 "Exile in the Night" 2012 "You Will Know" Stephen LoVerme 2014 "It's Got To Be Now" Erin Genett/Stephen LoVerme "Back Here With Me Again" 2015 "A Little Bit Low" Phil Healy/Adam Van Voorhis 2016 "The Wicked Kind" Skye Von2018"Falling Out of Love"Jen de la Osa/Henry Beguiristain"Dead Flowers"Tanya Leal-Soto2019"Children of the Divine"Ryan Taalbi"Live TV"Frank Hegyi2020"Been So Long Since We've Seen the Sun""Loving U's a Beautiful Thing"Matt Maguire2021"Waiting (Scenes From a Lonely Planet)"Frank Hegyi"Cresting Waves"Matt Maguire2023"Meditation for the Housebound""Big Blue"Matt Maguire2024"The Sky's in Love With You""A Week Without Rain"
Soundtracks
YearDetailsComments 2008 The Mixtress
Song: "Release" Released: March 6, 2008 Studio: Wideshot Studios Award-winning soundtrack to the short documentary by Wideshot Studios on Jules Bennett, aka "The Mixtress".International Documentary Challenge, "Winners of the 2008 International Documentary Challenge", Best Soundtrack, Retrieved 2011-10-27 Soundtrack also featured contributions from The Walkmen and The Cardigans.The Mixtress Online, "the soundtrack! ", Retrieved 2011-10-27 2009 The Flying Scissors
Song: "Backs To The Wall (Instrumental)" Released: November 6, 2009 Studio: Flying Penguin Pictures 2013 Shotgun Wedding
Song: "Murder Will Out" Released: March 31, 2013 Studio: Fox Digital Studio 2015 The Mayor of Rock & Roll
Song: "A Little Bit Low" Released: August 29, 2015 Studio: Broken Gates Films2018All These Small Moments Songs: "Jeanne, It's Just a Ride!", "Loving U's a Beautiful Thing" (film only) Released: April 24, 2018 (festival) January 18, 2019 (wide) Studio: Orion ClassicsKusama: Infinity Song: "Such a Long Time" Released: September 7, 2018 Studio: Magnolia Pictures2019The Sympathy Card Song: "Broken Hearts" Released: June 22, 2019 (festival) Studio: Broken Gates Films2023The List Song: "Waiting (Scenes From a Lonely Planet)" (film only) Released: August 22, 2023 Studio: Nickel City Pictures/New Legend Entertainment
Compilations
YearDetails 2006 Wicked Good Boston Bands Vol. 2
Song: "Beaches" Label: WFNX/Newbury Comics Released: May 2006 Formats: CD 2013 Allston Pudding Presents Boston Marathon Relief Mixtape MMXIII
Song: "Justice & Forgiveness" Label: Allston Pudding Released: April 2013 Formats: Digital 2017 We Are Not Trump: Vol. 2
Song: "Backs To The Wall (WANT Version)" Released: February 2017 Formats: Digital
Other releases
Year Details Comments 2002 Don't Trust the Radio
Released: July 31, 2002 Formats: CD, cassette Four song home-recorded demo, briefly sold at shows in 2002. Contained early versions of "Don't Trust the Radio", "Help Me Help You", and "Mind Relaxer", which would later appear on 2004's The Sooner It Comes.Don't Trust the Radio, (Internet Archive) Retrieved 2011-10-27 2003 "Wouldn't You"
Released: January 1, 2003 Formats: download Home-recorded demo, released as a digital single and later included with Don't Trust the Radio. Pretty Little Picture
Released: March 21, 2003 Formats: CD Studio demo, briefly sold at shows in 2003. Contained early versions of "Don't Trust the Radio" and "Help Me Help You", which would later appear on 2004's The Sooner It Comes.Pretty Little Picture, (Internet Archive) Retrieved 2011-10-27 "Anybody (The Blues Song) [acoustic]"
Released: c. September 2003 Formats: download Home recorded acoustic version of "Anybody (The Blues Song)", originally found on Pretty Little Picture. Live at the Middle East
Released: November 21, 2003 Formats: CD Live soundboard recording of Aloud at The Middle East in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While never officially released in its entirety by Aloud, the disc was briefly sold via The Middle East's website. Aloud also made four tracks available for download.Live Appearances, (Internet Archive) Retrieved 2011-10-27 2004Aloud: 2004 Year in Review
Released: December 2004 Formats: CD-ROM Distributed to subscribers of Aloud's e-mail list. Contained an early version of "Late Last Nite", recorded during the sessions for The Sooner It Comes. 2009 Rock Out Boston Club Sampler
Released: May 12, 2009 Formats: CD Exclusive sampler for Rock Out Boston Club. Contained the "campfire" version of "The Last Time", a live performance of "Sometimes I Feel Like A Vampire", and a previously unreleased song "Gone With the Rising Sun".Sooz, "The Rock Out Boston Club ", 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-27 2012 10th Anniversary EP
Released: April 26, 2012 Formats: download Exclusive EP released by The Boston Phoenix to commemorate Aloud's 10th anniversary, featuring four songs from previously released albums.The Boston Phoenix, Mp3 of the Week: Aloud "10th Anniversary EP" -- tonight @ Great Scott, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-21 2014 This Will Make Sense Later: the It's Got To Be Now demos
Released: April 1, 2014 Formats: download A collection of demos from It's Got To Be Now released exclusively to the album's Kickstarter backers. Contains demo recordings of all the songs on the album (except for "Back Here With Me Again") and "You Will Know", plus two previously unreleased compositions ("Edge City", "(I Just Want) To Be Free"). A studio version of "(I Just Want) To Be Free" would be released in 2019 as the b-side to "Children of the Divine".2020Shibusa: The Sprezzatura Demos Released: May 8, 2020 Formats: downloadA collection of demos from Sprezzatura, available with the "Deluxe" version of the album during the pre-order phase. Includes alternate mixes of "Salvage Yard", "Oh Danny", and "In Spite of Language" as bonus tracks.Shadows of Another Place: The Exile Demos Released: October 16, 2020 Formats: downloadA double-album collection of demos, bonus tracks, and previously unreleased music from the Exile era. Released as part of Exile: 10th Anniversary Edition.2023We Relay Light: The Apollo 6 Demos Released: May 19, 2023 Formats: downloadA collection of demos from Apollo 6, bundled with the "Deluxe" version of the album. Contains demos of songs featured on the album, studio recordings and demos for music not included on the album, and a booklet detailing the recording process.
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