Mal Blum

Mal Blum
Background information
Genres Folk, Anti-folk, Rock, Punk
Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Labels Don Giovanni Records
Website malblum.com

Mal Blum (born July 7, 1988) is an American songwriter, musician, writer and performer from New York.[1]

They[lower-alpha 1] spent their early career promoting self-booked DIY solo tours.[3]

In 2014, they signed to Don Giovanni records and announced they would be working on a new album produced by Marissa Paternoster of the band Screaming Females.[4] Before that point, they had never worked with a record label and fan-funded or self-funded recording costs.[5] After the Don Giovanni release of "You Look a Lot Like Me" in 2015, Blum began touring nationally as a three piece with a bassist and drummer, contributing to what critics called a "more developed but still gritty, punk" sound.[6]

Blum is a recurring musical and non-musical guest on The Chris Gethard Show.[7][8] and has had their music featured on Logo TV's The Click List: Top 10 Videos and NewNowNext Music[9] They also have appeared as a musical guest on the Welcome to Night Vale (WTNV) podcast and toured extensively with WTNV live shows in 2018.[10][11].

They have contributed non-musical written work to Autostraddle,[12] Huffington Post,[13] and The Fader.[14]

Blum attended State University of New York at Purchase.

Discography

  • The Malblum Album (2007)
  1. Pretty Cute
  2. Christmas Eve
  3. Timebomb
  4. This Is Not A Date
  5. Vegan Song
  6. Westchester County
  7. Worst of All
  8. I Forgot You Were a Feline
  9. Westchester County (feat. Chelsea)
  10. Brand New Pivot
  11. When It's New
  • Goodnight Sugarpop (2008)
  1. Cut it off
  2. Dysmorphic
  3. Country Song
  4. Hypocrite
  5. My Name is Earthworm
  6. Waiting In Line
  7. The Suburban Summer Polka
  8. Tumbleweed
  9. Ode to Kulele * video reached number 10 on LOGO's Video of Year for 2009
  10. You Should Be Here
  11. The Jugular
  12. I have been listening
  • For Making Art: The EP (2009)
  1. Baltimore
  2. New Year's Eve
  3. For Making Art
  4. Wagon Wheel (Live At the Sidewalk Cafe, Nyc)
  5. Tumbleweed (Live At the Sidewalk Cafe, Nyc)
  6. I Could Tell You
  • Every Time You Go Somewhere (2010)
  1. San Cristóbal
  2. Watercolors
  3. Baltimore
  4. New Year's Eve
  5. Fine!
  6. Wait Forever, Baby
  7. Circus Heart Pt. 1
  8. Circus Heart Pt. 2
  9. I Got Drunk
  10. Weary
  • Tempest In A Teacup (2013)
  1. Overseas Now
  2. Side I'm On
  3. Altitude (This Party Sucks)
  4. The Bodies, The Zombies!
  5. Counting My Breaths
  6. Brooklyn
  7. With Samson In Washington State
  8. The Difference
  9. Valentine's Day
  • You Look A Lot Like Me (2015)
  1. Archive
  2. Better Go
  3. Robert Frost
  4. Cool Party
  5. Split, Splitting
  6. Reality TV
  7. Iowa
  8. Better Than I Was
  9. New Orleans
  10. The Shrink Thinks

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Blum is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mal Blum". Mal Blum. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Keller, Jessica. "Hanging Out With Mal Blum". Her Campus.
  3. ↑ "Mal Blum". Mal Blum. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Mal Blum Joins Don Giovanni Records". Don Giovanni Records.
  5. ↑ Blum, Mal (April 25, 2013). "MalBlumallbumalbmalbmalummmum: Oh Crap, It's Been Years". Malblum.blogspot.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "REVIEW: Allison Weiss, Mal Blum, Winter, Kid in the Attic, Dump Him at Cuisine En Locale (11/4) - Allston Pudding". November 10, 2015.
  7. ↑ "6/13 on TCGS – Farewell Melissa with Mal Blum". The Chris Gethard Show. June 11, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  8. ↑ "I think we can all agree that Mal Blum has been a... | The Chris Gethard Show". Thechrisgethardshow.tumblr.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ "The Click List: 2009 Top 10 Videos | Video Clips, Watch Full Episodes Online". Logotv.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ Merka Nelson, Kelly (2017-11-24). "Welcome to Night Vale Brings Eldritch Weather to San Antonio". San Antonio Current. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  11. ↑ Biese, Alex (2018-09-10). "Mal Blum on tour with Welcome to Night Vale for A Spy in the Desert". app. USA Today. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  12. ↑ "Mal Blum". Autostraddle.
  13. ↑ "Mal Blum - HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com.
  14. ↑ "10 NYC DIY Venues That Closed This Year And Why We'll Miss Them". The FADER.
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