Jay Brannan

Singer/songwriter Jay Brannan announced more N. American tour dates this week, hitting cities he missed on the initial leg of his "I Suck At Life Tour 2009" in July. The new dates include three shows across Canada, as well as stops in Nashville, Miami, Denver and more. Brannan's latest release, In Living Cover--which debuted at #10 on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart in July--includes covers from the likes of The Verve Pipe, The Cranberries, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Jann Arden, as well as 2 original tracks.

Singer/songwriter Jay Brannan made his first appearance on ABC News Now "What's The Buzz" yesterday afternoon to promote his latest album In Living Cover, out now. The mostly covers album was #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter Chart for over a week and peaked at #36 on the iTunes Overall Albums Chart, leading to a Billboard Heatseakers Chart debut at #10.

Jay plays his final show of a nearly completely sold-out run of July dates tonight in Boston at the Paradise Rock Club.

As singer/songwriter Jay Brannan continues playing to packed crowds across the US on his July tour (dates below), his latest release, In Living Cover, debuts this week at #10 on the Heatseekers Chart.  The album--which features covers from the likes of The Verve Pipe, The Cranberries, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Jann Arden, as well as 2 original tracks--has been #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart since its release last Tuesday, and peaked at #36 on the iTunes Top 100 Albums.

Additionally, the track "At First Sight" (from Brannan's 2008 debut goddamned) was offered as a free download on Amazon's MP3 Store, and as a result was the #1 Top MP3 Song, #2 in the Movers & Shakers section, and #32 MP3 Artist.

Jay Brannan's much buzzed about covers album In Living Cover is out today and currently sitting at the #39 spot on the iTunes Top 100 Albums. The album, which features covers of such songs as The Verve Pipe's "The Freshmen" and The Cranberries' "Zombie," is featured in a slew of online coverage, including home page placement on MSN and AOL Music. His month-long tour kicks off tomorrow with a sold-out Joe's Pub show in NYC (full list of tour dates below).

Brannan also received attention last week when he posted his version of "Man In The Mirror" as a tribute to Michael Jackson on his YouTube page, which already has close to 140,000 views.

When AOL/Spinner asked Jay Brannan for his reaction to Michael Jackson's passing, he went one better. The singer-songwriter and 'Shortbus' star sat down in his New York apartment and recorded a touching acoustic take on this 1998 classic.

Brannan tells Spinner, "Whether or not you're a Michael Jackson fan, at least one of his songs, if not many, is bound to evoke the memory of a certain time, a certain place or certain people in your life. His songs earmark pages in the lives of billions of complete strangers across the globe. I find that pretty extraordinary."

Brannan's covers EP, In Living Cover, is out July 7 and his month-long tour kicks off in NYC on July 8. His cover of The Verve Pipe's "The Freshmen," which is available now on iTunes, sold over 1,500 digital tracks in just one week.   Tour dates and EP track list below...

In the midst of sell-out European dates, Jay Brannan announces the release of In Living Cover—a 9-track album composed of 7 cover songs and 2 originals—on July 7 (Nettwerk).  Brannan will celebrate with a month-long US tour that kicks off in his home city of New York on Wednesday, July 8 at Joe’s Pub.
 
Brannan has always enjoyed singing other people’s songs, but never expected to release a covers album.  “Expressing myself through my songs is one of the main reasons I write music, so singing other people’s words felt a little fraudulent or ‘uncool,’” he explains. “Over time, I learned to appreciate songs that speak to me, whether I like the melody or think the lyrics are funny or ironic…or if it’s a song that meant something to me at a certain point in my life or has a personal story behind it. The covers on this album are ones that I chose for those reasons. I started performing them on YouTube and at my live shows. People continued to ask for them in properly recorded form, so I decided it was time to put this album together…not just of covers, but of covers that have become a part of what my audience might consider my ‘repertoire.’”

Jay Brannan's new music video for "Can't Have It All" debuted on his own YouTube channel obtaining over 30,000 views in less than 3 days and the #5 spot as the Most Viewed Video (Tuesday)! 

Jay also has a 2-page feature in this month's Flaunt Magazine ! Just click the download link below to check it out!