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Jay Brannan

Jay Brannan at Highline Ballroom, July 16, 2008. Photo by Katherine Hartnett.
Highline Ballroom, July 16, 2008. Photo by Katherine Hartnett.

melophobe saw Jay Brannan once, in July 2008, at Highline Ballroom, New York.

Songs we posted

  1. jaybrannan sodaSpotify Apple YouTube
  2. jaybrannan soda2Spotify Apple YouTube
  3. Half BoyfriendSpotify Apple YouTube

The show

  1. July 16, 2008

    Jay Brannan and Chris Pureka

    Highline Ballroom, New York, NY

    Words and photos by Katherine Hartnett

    12 photos
    10 of Jay Brannan

Fifty-word review

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Buy It

Don't dismiss Brannan for his honeyed larynx! With excellent lyricism and composition slightly cheapened by a bedroom voice, Brannan flirts with being passed over. DON'T PASS HIM OVER. His probing lyrics could fill a volume of ostensibly comedic verse, surprising readers every third line with his poignance and depth.

Reminds us of John Mayer (without giving us the "Let's go back to your dorm and make out" heebie-jeebies) | James Taylor | Kate Nash | Stan Rodgers, had he not been a bass. Or Canadian.
By Ari Sommer, November 7, 2008

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