Search - Braden Blake :: A Year In Pajamas

'A Year in Pajamas' is the first solo release by former lead singer and primary songwriter of Seattle's power-pop band 'Super Deluxe'. The album is a quiet, introspective journey through the rocky terrain of heartbreak, joy and self-doubt experienced by one man during one particularly tumultuous year. "It's not necessarily what I originally envisioned," says Blake, "but as a whole I think it's a pretty cohesive work. It sums up a time period pretty well." A Year in Pajamas is indeed an intimate glimpse into Blake?s world, populated with a cast of characters that confuse and delight him, tantalize and tempt him, disappoint and abandon him. The lyrics, replete with double-entendres and mysterious turns, are contradictory at their core; they are at the same time honest and misleading, melancholy and hopeful, confident and self-deprecating. They ask the questions that lie deep at the heart of all relationships with others ? ones we rarely dare address. The fundamental nature of these questions means every listener will relate. Sonically, a lot of musical territory is covered. Blake's trademark juxtaposition of bouncy melody over serious subject matter is here. And though perhaps not as easily accessible as his work with Super Deluxe, with every listen more is gleaned. And of course, his influences are apparent; artists like Aimee Mann and Michael Penn, Elliot Smith, Neil Finn, the Beatles and the Byrds.