Brandon Baker is the musical collaboration of Allen Baker (vocals/guitar) and JJ Hamon (guitar/percussion/vocals). Brandon Baker allows a close look into the center of his mind. A place more delicate to them then anyone has yet to reach. Even I have not quite made it to the basis of his thoughts. Thoughts come too quickly until they are gone li...
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Brandon Baker is the musical collaboration of Allen Baker (vocals/guitar) and JJ Hamon (guitar/percussion/vocals). Brandon Baker allows a close look into the center of his mind. A place more delicate to them then anyone has yet to reach. Even I have not quite made it to the basis of his thoughts. Thoughts come too quickly until they are gone like dirt from under the tire of politics. Brandon Baker hits you with this mess of words that create images in your mind that you may or may not want to see. Still you have no choice but to open your eyes and let your mind create pictures from his words. Brandon Baker has been playing shows all around St. Louis, Missouri and the Midwest, getting the music out to people. In June of 2005, he recorded a four song EP entitled The Child-like Hymns. This album speaks on the subject of growth in life, in which Brandon writes from a child's point of view up to an elderly being.
Brandon Baker is currently writing for his full-length LP to be released in June of 2006. "My influences will definitely show on upcoming work. Considering that life, death, nature, people, science and many other things influence me."-Allen. People have used such names as Jeff Buckley, Devendra Banhart and Bjork when speaking of Allen's unique voice. All though he is no carbon copy to any of those nor does he tries to be. "I believe my vocals were influenced by early jazz singers. I listen to tons of early artists. I'm sure it's all influenced me in different ways but, I don't sit around and say how would Billy Holiday sing this line or how would Bjork annunciate this word. I just simply sing and if it sounds good to me and fits, then I keep it. I believe that by playing shows as much as possible and getting the music out there to as many people as possible is what I'm shooting for. I want to be heard and document my life through song. I want to make timeless music that will be remembered not by whatever the current trend happens to be."-Allen, vocalist of Brandon Baker.
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