Aloud discography explained

Artist:Aloud
Studio:6
Video:6
Ep:5
Music Videos:21
Singles:38
Soundtrack:7
Compilation:3
Option:12
Option Name:Other releases

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.[1] [2] [3] [4] While generally known for a more energetic sound, Aloud changed tack and pared down their sound on their third studio album, Exile.[5]

Their sixth studio album, Apollo 6, will be released on May 19, 2023.

Studio albums

YearDetails
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, download
2020Sprezzatura
  • Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR013)
  • Released: May 8, 2020
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, download
2023Apollo 6
  • Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR029)
  • Released: May 19, 2023
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, download

EPs

YearDetails
2004The Sooner It Comes
  • Label: Emaginary Records (ER79138), Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR000)
  • Released: June 12, 2004
  • Formats: CD, download
2009Live 2009
  • Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR002B)
  • Released: December 31, 2009
  • Formats: download
2019City Lights
  • Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR015)
  • Released: November 29, 2019
  • Formats: download
2020Dead Reckoning
  • Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR019)
  • Released: May 8, 2020
  • Formats: download
2021Scenes From a Lonely Planet
  • Label: Lemon Merchant Records (DTTR023)
  • Released: August 20, 2021
  • Formats: download

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
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 6
2023"Somewhere To Be"
"Meditation for the Housebound"
"Big Blue"

Videos

YearRelease detailsComments
2021Scenes From a Lonely Planet
  • Label: Lemon Merchant
  • Released: May 15, 2021
  • Format: Digital
Concert 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: Digital
Concert 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: Digital
Concert 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.
2015Be Free of Your Past
  • Label: Lemon Merchant
  • Released: December 17, 2015
  • Format: Digital
Short film on the making of Aloud's third album Exile.
2008Hard 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.
2004Aloud: 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.[6]

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
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 Von
2018"Falling Out of Love"Jen de la Osa/Henry Beguiristain
"Dead Flowers"Tanya Leal-Soto
2019"Children of the Divine"Ryan Taalbi
"Live TV"Frank Hegyi
2020"Been So Long Since We've Seen the Sun"
"Loving U's a Beautiful Thing"Matt Maguire
2021"Waiting (Scenes From a Lonely Planet)"Frank Hegyi
"Cresting Waves"Matt Maguire
2023"Meditation for the Housebound"
"Big Blue"Matt Maguire

Soundtracks

YearDetailsComments
2008The 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".[7] Soundtrack also featured contributions from The Walkmen and The Cardigans.[8]
2009The Flying Scissors
  • Song: "Backs To The Wall (Instrumental)"
  • Released: November 6, 2009
  • Studio: Flying Penguin Pictures
2013Shotgun Wedding
2015The Mayor of Rock & Roll
  • Song: "A Little Bit Low"
  • Released: August 29, 2015
  • Studio: Broken Gates Films
2018All 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 Classics
2019The Sympathy Card
  • Song: "Broken Hearts"
  • Released: June 22, 2019 (festival)
  • Studio: Broken Gates Films

Compilations

YearDetails
2006Wicked Good Boston Bands Vol. 2
  • Song: "Beaches"
  • Label: WFNX/Newbury Comics
  • Released: May 2006
  • Formats: CD
2013Allston Pudding Presents Boston Marathon Relief Mixtape MMXIII
  • Song: "Justice & Forgiveness"
  • Label: Allston Pudding
  • Released: April 2013
  • Formats: Digital
2017We Are Not Trump: Vol. 2
  • Song: "Backs To The Wall (WANT Version)"
  • Released: February 2017
  • Formats: Digital

Other releases

YearDetailsComments
2002Don'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.[9]
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.[10]
"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.[11]
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.
2009Rock 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".[12]
201210th 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.[13]
2014This 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: download
A 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: download
A 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: download
A 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.

Notes and References

  1. Spotlight: Aloud, Performer Magazine (Northeast), July 2007
  2. DeTroiav, Kristen, "Aloud 'Exile' ", Performer Magazine, November 2010, p. 31
  3. Enigmatic lyrics get fans thinking Aloud, Boston Herald, August 25, 2006
  4. Live Review, The Noise, November 2005
  5. Perry, Jonathan, "Aloud ramps up its sound, pares down the band, and hits the road with 'Exile'", The Boston Globe, September 17, 2010
  6. Aloud, "Aloud Year In Review CD-ROM.", November 20, 2004, (Internet Archive) Retrieved 2011-10-27
  7. International Documentary Challenge, "Winners of the 2008 International Documentary Challenge", Best Soundtrack, Retrieved 2011-10-27
  8. The Mixtress Online, "the soundtrack! ", Retrieved 2011-10-27
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20030417045241/http://allthingsaloud.com/garageep.html Don't Trust the Radio
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20030417044733/http://allthingsaloud.com/ep02.html Pretty Little Picture
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20031214202213/http://www.allthingsaloud.com/liveapp.html Live Appearances
  12. Sooz, "The Rock Out Boston Club ", 2009. Retrieved 2011-10-27
  13. The Boston Phoenix, Mp3 of the Week: Aloud "10th Anniversary EP" -- tonight @ Great Scott, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-21