Album cover: Jay Brannan, “goddamned”

Jay Brannan

goddamned

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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.

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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.

Words by Ari Sommer
Photos by Nicholas Moore

Published on melophobe November 7, 2008.

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