Rob Me Blind

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Rob Me Blind
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Studio album by Jay Brannan
Released March 27, 2012
Genre Folk, acoustic
Label Great Depression, Nettwerk
Producer Jay Brannan, David Kahne
Jay Brannan chronology
In Living Cover
(2009) In Living Cover2009
Rob Me Blind
(2012)
Always, Then, & Now
(2014) Always, Then, & Now2014

Rob Me Blind is the third studio album of independent singer songwriter Jay Brannan after his albums Goddamned in 2008 and In Living Cover in 2009. The 10-track album on his own independent Great Depression Records was released on 27 March 2012 and was produced by Grammy-winning producer David Kahne who had produced albums for artists like Tony Bennett, Paul McCartney, Regina Spektor and others. With Kahne, he experimented in this new album with new arrangements and even using some percussion instruments, [1] although in his earlier material, he had tried to stay away from such usage, saying they were too loud. The result is still acoustic and melodic but with "some additional texture to it" as he put it in an interview with Instinct magazine [2]

Jay Brannan American singer-songwriter and actor

Jay Brannan is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He was born in Texas and briefly studied in Ohio, but moved to California to become an actor. Brannan appeared in the 2006 movie Shortbus, which included one of his songs in its soundtrack, and began to build a fan base by performing on YouTube. He released an EP and acted in Holding Trevor in 2007. Since then, he has toured and released four albums.

<i>Goddamned</i> (album) album by Jay Brannan

Goddamned is the debut studio album by American singer–songwriter Jay Brannan, released in the United States on July 1, 2008. The album features eleven original songs; a bonus track is included by purchase via iTunes.

<i>In Living Cover</i> 2009 album by Jay Brannan

In Living Cover is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Jay Brannan, released in the United States on June 23, 2009. The album features seven cover songs and two originals. The album reached number ten on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart for the week of July 25, 2009. Allmusic critic Andrew Leahey gave the album a mixed rating, stating the album's "highlights spread too thinly to do much good" and PopMatters critic Jer Fairall called the album a "satisfying collection" with "a couple of bum notes".

The track "Greatest Hits" was the pre-release and first official single release from the forthcoming album. Brannan released the track "Beautifully" as a second official single from the album to coincide with the release of the album, accompanied by an official video release directed by Grant Carden and Dillon Mangrann-Wells. Carden was also responsible for the cinematography. The follow-up third single was the title track "Rob Me Blind" from the album again accompanied by an official music video.

Track list

  1. "Everywhere There's Statues" (3:26)
  2. "Beautifully" (3:14)
  3. "The Spanglish Song" (3:57)
  4. "Rob Me Blind" (5:03)
  5. "Greatest Hits" (3:50)
  6. "La La La" (3:40)
  7. "Denmark" (3:34)
  8. "Myth of Happiness" (3:34)
  9. "The State of Music" (4:21)
  10. "A Love Story" (3:23)

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References

  1. Idolator: Jay Brannan's Rob Me Blind - Review to the album
  2. Katz, Jeff (March 2012). "Interview with Jay Brannan". Instinct magazine. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.