Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Buriedfed

"His songs are given flesh and blood in a way that most rock music now doesn't allow time for. Very little of his content is upbeat. There's no whitewashing of his perspective on the human experience. Listening to it is edifying. MBAR is my favourite songwriter right now." -Kyp Malone, TV on the Radio

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson has many gifts, and in truth, he is one lucky bastard. With the support of Brooklyn's finest including Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear of Grizzly Bear, and his ultra champion, Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, MBAR has finally made his mark with a debut album of soul-scarifying, raggedly glorious songs. New York has been sadly lacking a proper troubadour looking at the stars while mired in the gutter — but in Miles, we have our man.

The now twenty-six year old was for several years rather more notorious for sabotaging his native talents in favour of his other gifts for royally messing up. Born in Oregon, Miles spent much of his youth on the road with his comedian/playwright father — named Miles Terry Anthony Robinson and with a deep love of Woody Allen — who often incorporated his son into his act. His adolescence was spent in the wilds of Oregon immersing himself in 90s angst rock and 60s and 70s classics, tasting the rainbow of illicit substances that tend to make music sound so much better, although he admits, "Rock & roll is weird for me because I can't have my f*cking hair in my eyes. I don't look like the people I've emulated to some degree. But I came to peace with that a while ago."
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