Jon DeRosa’s other musical project Aarktica has been featured on the soundtrack of upcoming documentary, ‘The Crash Reel’. Aarktica has contributed the song ‘You Have Cured A Million Ghosts (From Roaming in My Head)’ to a soundtrack that includes Moby, Spiritualized, Chemical Brothers and M83. ‘Crash Reel’ is directed by Academy Award-nominated Lucy Walker and tells the harrowing, yet uplifting story of U.S champion snowboarder Kevin Pierce. ‘Crash Reel’ will be screened for the first time at the Sundance Film Festival, details on the screening available here!
DeRosa will be also the musical guest at Largehearted Boy’s 11th Anniversary celebration. The event is at Word bookstore in Brooklyn, NY on January 30th, details available here!
Praise For Jon DeRosa:
“Jon DeRosa is a living, breathing, gateway to a simpler time in the Jersey Shore’s musical history, reaching back into the annals of our culture when artistic scenes resided, not in boardwalk-based clubs and locales, but on street corners, outside store fronts, and in the minds of the same Gospel and Soul singers who would influence the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny.” — Speak Into My Good Eye
“”True Men sets a more wistful tone, boxing serving as its central metaphor. Over a sweeping arrangement straight out of late 50s Ricky Nelson, DeRosa lets the double entendres fly. “I’ve woken the neighbors, after hard nights of labor,” is the closing mantra. And who hasn’t? But the way he sets it up – and then knocks it down – is sweet science.”” — New York Music Daily
“One of the most striking features of [Birds of Brooklyn] is DeRosa’s rich baritone. It resembles Morrissey’s a bit in its grand, expressiveness (with maybe the slightest dash of his childhood hero Glenn Danzig thrown in as well). The music itself is lovely. A lilting, slightly Latin rhythm guides the verses under gentle acoustic guitar and mellow keys..” – KUT -Song of the Day
“What strikes you is DeRosa’s capable crooning. Sounding not unlike a teen-idol and writing like a stalwart, this man is equal parts Neil Hannon, Richard Hawley, Scott Walker (the ’60s version), Bobby Darin and DeRosa himself.” – Flipside, UK