Durand Jones & The Indications is an American soul band formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2012, with Durand Jones's baritone trading leads with drummer Aaron Frazer's falsetto. Their vintage soul sound channels Curtis Mayfield and Sam Cooke — start with American Love Call (2019) or Private Space (2021). Find Durand Jones & The Indications vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Durand Jones & The Indications formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2012, with the band emerging from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music orbit. The band combines Durand Jones (a Louisiana native and IU vocal performance graduate) on lead vocals with drummer Aaron Frazer as the second co-lead vocalist; both contribute distinct vocal personalities to the band's catalog. They are central figures in the Daptone-adjacent contemporary soul scene, alongside artists on Colemine Records, Big Crown, and similar labels.
Durand Jones & The Indications' sound combines soul, deep soul, R&B, Northern soul, and contemporary soul with vintage analog recording aesthetics and instrumentation drawing on classic 1960s and 1970s soul reference points (Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, the Impressions, and others). Aaron Frazer's distinctive falsetto vocals contrast with Durand Jones's deeper baritone register.
Colemine and Dead Oceans pressings of the Durand Jones & The Indications catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Durand Jones & The Indications typically start with American Love Call (2019) or Private Space (2021).
