Mal Blum
Mal Blum was born in New York on July 7th, 1988 and is the Songwriter. At the age of 35, Mal Blum biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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They spent their early career promoting self-booked DIY solo tours and also self-released their early albums before signing to record labels.
In 2014, they signed to punk label Don Giovanni records and announced they would be working on a new album produced by Marissa Paternoster of the band Screaming Females. After the Don Giovanni release of You Look a Lot Like Me in 2015, Blum began touring nationally as a band with a bassist and drummer, contributing to what critics called a "more developed but still gritty, punk" sound.
Blum was a recurring musical and non-musical guest on The Chris Gethard Show. and has had their music featured on Logo TV's The Click List: Top 10 Videos and NewNowNext Music They have also appeared as a musical guest on the Welcome to Night Vale (WTNV) podcast and toured extensively opening for WTNV's National and International live shows in 2018 and 2019.
In February 2019 Blum released a new single, "Things Still Left To Say," and in March 2019 they toured with Lucy Dacus. That year they released the album Pity Boy, recorded with Joe Reinhart of Hop Along at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia. Pitchfork's Abby Jones categorized Pity Boy as a shift "into potent pop-punk that recalls both Hop Along and Titus Andronicus." noting the newfound focus on guitarist Audrey Zee Whitesides' electric riffs, while maintaining the lyrics as "the album's centerpiece" writes Jones,
Max Cohen, in their review for Bandcamp's "Album of the Day" series, writes of Pity Boy's production value:
In August 2020, Mal Blum was tapped to write music for Season 2 of Netflix's Trinkets television show. They wrote the song "Passenger Seat" to be used in a recurring story arc for the character Elodie.
On Oct 20, 2020 Blum announced a new single to be released on Saddle Creek Records as part of the label's 7 inch series.
They have contributed non-musical written work to Autostraddle, Huffington Post, and The Fader.