Fritz Kahn and the Miracles return with tender new single “Little Boy Blue”

The Portuguese indie-folk project Fritz Kahn and the Miracles quietly reemerges with “Little Boy Blue”, a stripped-back, emotionally disarming single and the opening track from surprise EP A Place Called Dawn.

Produced by Seattle roots music legend Orville Johnson and recorded between Portugal and the United States, “Little Boy Blue” drapes its Americana textures in raw, vulnerable vocals. There are echoes of Townes Van Zandt, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, and Iron & Wine — yet beneath it all hums a distinctly European melancholy.

Lyrically, the song meditates on empathy in an increasingly polarised world. Its central figure defies easy labels: not rich or poor, not black or white, not good or bad — simply “okay.” That quiet neutrality becomes an act of resistance, a subtle challenge to judgement. The plaintive refrain — “Little Boy Blue, are you even true?” — lingers like smoke.

The track is part of a wider story, rooted in a real place: Alvorada, a small café in rural Portugal that stays open through the night. It’s a haven for outsiders, a space for whispered conversations and drifting thoughts. The EP honours those silent, liminal hours — and the fragile beauty still flickering on the margins of life.