Mal Blum
American musician

Mal Blum

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Mal Blum (born 1988) is an American songwriter, musician, writer and performer from New York
Critics often remark on Blum's strength as a lyricist. They spent their early career promoting self-booked diy solo tours and supporting other solo artists such as Mike Doughty, Melissa Ferrick, Jenny Owen Youngs, Amanda Palmer,, and Jeffrey Lewis.
In 2014, Mal Blum signed to Don Giovanni records and announced they would be working on a new album produced by Marissa Paternoster of the band Screaming Females. Before that point, they had never worked with a record label and fan-funded or self-funded recording costs. After the Don Giovanni release of "You Look a Lot Like Me" in 2015, Mal 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.
Mal Blum is a recurring musical and non-musical guest on The Chris Gethard Show. and has had music featured on Logo TV's The Click List: Top 10 Videos and NewNowNext Music
Blum has contributed non-musical written work to Autostraddle Huffington Post, and The Fader
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 Cristobol
  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