Sometimes an energetic rock force.

Sometimes both.

Often reluctant – or unable – to characterize with any particularity the definitive style of his music, guitarist-turned-entertainment-attorney-turned-singer-songwriter Jeff Brown frequently describes his sound as ‘a singer-songwriter who got himself a band’. His shows and music run the range from delicate indie-folk to more aggressive alt-rock with forays into jazz and chamber pop. His songwriting trends towards the melancholic and his Facebook page cites his songwriting influences as “Girls and alcohol, mostly,” though in reality, his music is rarely that one-dimensional. Brown writes love songs for people who are sick of love songs.

Balancing a blossoming legal career with his musical pursuits, Brown released his long-overdue debut album Last Chance on CAUDog Records on July 2, 2012. An 11-track work engineered and produced byEllis Clark, the album Last Chance is named via Brown’s assertion that “pretty much every one of [these] songs is ahealthy mix of desperation and hope.”