Small Black is an indie band from Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York. Their sound is commonly described as belonging to the chillwave

Chillwave

Chillwave, sometimes also referred to as glo-fi, is a genre of music whose artists are often characterized by their heavy use of effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines....

 genre, though the band's members don't label themselves as such. They have released an album under Jagjaguwar. They are signed on both the Jagjaguwar

Jagjaguwar

Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...

 and Lovepump United Records

Lovepump United Records

Lovepump United is an independent record label founded in 2004 by then - Vassar College students Jake Friedman and Mookie Singerman in Poughkeepsie, New York. The label is currently based in New York City. Friedman and Singerman were the only members of a duo Glitter Pals whose EP was Lovepump's...

 labels.

They participated in numerous festivals such as Foburg Music Festival, and the SXSW Music Festival.

Discography

Albums

• New Chain (Jagjaguwar
  Jagjaguwar
  Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
  
  , 2010)

EPS

• Small Black EP (CassClub/Jagjaguwar, 2009)

Singles

• Despicable Dogs EP (Transparent Records, 2009)
• Photojournalist b/w Sun Was High (So Was I) 7" EP (Jagjaguwar, 2010)

Splits

• Washed Out
  Washed Out
  Washed Out is the stage name of the American chillwave musician Ernest Greene .-Career:In June 2009, Greene graduated with a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of South Carolina and was unable to find a job as a librarian...
  
  /Small Black split (Lovepump United Records
  Lovepump United Records
  Lovepump United is an independent record label founded in 2004 by then - Vassar College students Jake Friedman and Mookie Singerman in Poughkeepsie, New York. The label is currently based in New York City. Friedman and Singerman were the only members of a duo Glitter Pals whose EP was Lovepump's...
  
  ), 2010

External links

• Small Black on the Jagjaguwar
  Jagjaguwar
  Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
  
  official website.