posted Sep 14, 2008, 4:07 PM by Vu Nguyen
From Tell All Your Friends Miles Benjamin
Anthony Robinson Add Dates To Fall Tour/ On Tour Now With
TV On The Radio
Self Titled Debut Out Now On Say
Hey Records
Recorded by
Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear) and Featuring Chris Bear & Daniel Rosen
(Grizzly Bear) and Kyp Malone (TVOTR)
Click
Here To View Debut Video For “Buriedfed” Click Here To
Listen To MBAR Talk To The New York Times’ Ben
Sisario
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Here To View NPR Second Stage Feature
Click Here To Download & Share “Buriedfed” From
RCRDLBL.COM
The
Fader.com (“Woodfriend” Freeload Of The Day ) :
“Milesbenjaminanthonyrobinson. It's a mouthful, but we've been
getting used to it (calling him M-Bar or just Miles) ever since his
eponymous debut arrived in our mailbox a couple weeks back. It's full of
moody stormers like the righteous "Woodfriend", and his bio is biblical in
wasted opportunity and dramatic recovery, which is one of our favorite rock
archetypes.”
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/4/30/freeload-miles-benjamin-anthony-robinson-woodfriend
Pitchfork Media : “ The album's
first single, "Buriedfed", lives up to those impressive connections,
pouring a woodsy, deceptively upbeat folk song through the damp, woozy
atmospherics of Horn of Plenty. The proper setting could be a rowdy
bar as easily as that record's quiet bedroom.”
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/49599-miles-benjamin-anthony-robinson-buriedfed-mp3stream
Time Out New York : “ Local singer-songwriter Miles
Benjamin Anthony Robinson, whose sidemen have included members of Grizzly
Bear and TV on the Radio, plays garagey pop with winning psych-era
melodies.”
Stereogum “Band To Watch”:
http://stereogum.com/archives/band-to-watch/band-to-watch-miles-benjamin-anthony-robinson_008703.html
PaperThinWalls “Buriedfed” Single Review
(Recommended/8.5) : http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=1661
Pitchfork Media News : http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/49601-grizzly-tvotr-on-miles-benjamin-anthony-robinson-lp
The Hype Machine Featured Artist : http://hypem.com/artist/miles benjamin anthony
robinson
Up until now, Twenty-four
year-old Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson has been Brooklyn’s
best-kept secret, but with the help of Kyp Malone (TVOTR), Chris Taylor
& Christopher Bear (Grizzly Bear) and Say Hey Records, we are proud to
introduce this stunning debut artist. In a recent interview with Another
magazine Kyp Malone professed, "Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson is my
favorite songwriter right now." Miles’ brief yet inspirational life
story already contains enough Gump-esque moments of cultural serendipity to
make it a shoe in for a 2025 behind the music segment, if not a full
blown overly- sentimental nostalgia piece about coming of age in downtown
Manhattan and Williamsburg in the first decade of the
millenium.
The eponymous long player to be issued
by Say Hey Records is the first recorded document after years of false
starts, self-sabotage , and amiable persistence in the face tragedy. Born
in Oregon and raised in Portland and Eugene, Miles spent much of his youth
on the road traveling with his comedian father as he played venues across
the U.S. After completing high school, Miles gravitated eastward and
was in New York by 2000. Immediately he immersed himself in the burgeoning
music scene; going to shows and eventually forming a few bands. Miles
recorded no less than 5 albums in various early projects like Jackson
Plastic, Mud Cub, and Jesus Jackson but sadly ("fortunately" according to
miles ) they never glimpsed the light of day.
Each incarnation met it’s demise from a combination of
erratic behavior, venue banishment, and indiscreet drug use. Frustrated and
fatigued, Miles descended further into addiction, leading to a stint in
which he made his bed on the benches of Coney Island. But, throughout it
all, Miles continued to distill from his shabby surroundings the
inspiration and imagery that make up his debut record.
Recorded with the aid of Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear of
Grizzly bear “Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson” (MBAR) began in
2006 in Miles’ apartment. Chris Bear did the drums in a single day
and the basics were mixed immediately after the completion of Yellow House;
later overdubs were added by Kyp Malone and Daniel Rosen (Grizzly Bear),
and the record neared completion.
The album
begins with the demented campfire sing-a-long, “Buriedfed”, a
dirge disguised as a rave up, and it sets the pace for an album filled with
unrepentant confessions played with abandon. MBAR takes the listener
through a flawless sardonic narrative, detailing loss, excess, and blurred
memories, all the while with an irresistible humor.
Look out for the MBAR sophomore LP in 2009, produced by Kyp
Malone. |
US DATES
Sept 9 Macewan
Ballroom-Calgary, AB
Sept 10 The Starlite Room-Edmonton, AB W/
TVOTR
Sept 12 Knitting Factory Concert House- Boise, ID W/ TVOTR
Sept 13 In The Venue- Salt Lake City,UT W/TVOTR
Sept 14 Monolith
Festival- Boulder, CO
Sept 18 Echo- Los Angeles, CA
Sept 19
Café Du Nord- San Francisco, CA
Sept 23 The Record Bar- Kansas
City, MO
Sept 24 The Capitol Theatre- Davenport, IA
Sept 25
Schubas Tavern-Chicago, IL
Sept 26 The Billiken Club- Saint Louis,
MO
Sept 27 Great Hall Memorial Union-University of Wisconsin- Madison,
WI
Sept 29 T.T. The Bears- Cambridge, MA
Sept 30 Mercury Lounge-
NY, NY
Oct 1 Union Hall- Brooklyn, NY
Oct 2 Rock and Roll
Hotel-Washington, DC
Oct 3 First Unitarian Church- Philadelphia, PA
Oct 4 Milo Arts- Columbus, OH
Oct 5 Howards Club- Bowling Green,
OH
Oct 6 Dionysus Discotheque-Oberlin College- Oberlin, OH |
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