Album Notes

"BBBR frontman Dean Haakenson radiates self-made literacy and puts it to musical use in fey, brambly, rockish folk. Nothing about it is robotic, in case you’re concerned; rather, the songs seem effusively human—chatty, rhythmically fidgety and ready to live, with a few discordant thorns left among the rosy harmonies for credibility’s sake. One quickly obvious keeper is “Intended Music,” whose early phrases Haakenson pipes up with a guileless bleat on the order of Daniel Johnston, only then to declare his own commendable musical and narrative priorities: “Let’s have these conversations out loud.” Right on. " - Jonathan Kiefer, Sacramento News and Review 4-26-2007.
You will never know how much I appeciate the fact that you are spending this very precious moment in your life meditating on the possiblity of ordering this Debut Be Brave Bold Robot Album. Several wonderful friends of mine spent so much time and energy learning the songs and playing them with me, live and on this recording, and the current bassist for our Be Brave Bold Robot, Matthew Gerken, he recorded it all and we spiritedly sweated over it, and oh my goodness. here it is. all of the base tracks for the songs were recorded at the same time, so the "album" has a nice consistency to its soundscape. but, rest assured, there is plenty of auxiliary instrumentation, lovely bells and whistles placed here and there to surprise and titillate you. My imagination has disallowed me to have any sort of solid perception of the concept of perfection, so I will not say that this LP exists as such. It is passionate, and heartfelt, and much work went into it. So, it is what it is, and it was loved and read to often. She will make you happy, it is my hope, this collection of songs, and if that happens, then its purpose has been served. Please continue to not use fossil fuels or purchase consumer goods unless you really need to (if you don't buy it, then another one doesn't need to be made, and the endless cycle of non-essential waste could possibly be quelled...even if only briefly...and an economic order will fall into place that revolves around logical necessity and not pop culture trends).....well, except for this CD...go ahead and buy this CD...okay, and buy yourself a hammock too...and then remember to think globally and act locally in the aforementioned nonWasteful way. Also, remember to eat vegetables and drink water, and think happy thoughts (even if they are rooted in dense macabre). Thank you very very much for supporting Be Brave Bold Robot, if you have chosen to do so, and stay tuned for whatever happens, even if that happens to be that I start up a Western United States farm that specializes in a new type of apple that perfectly blends all of the best parts of the Pink Lady Apple and the Fuji Apple….Crisp and Refreshing without being mealy, with little to no flesh browning phenomena…..I will give you sweet deals on cases….especially if you are selling them on a corner in your neighborhood…. www.bebraveboldrobot.com
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