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Karl Blau is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, saxophone...) based in Philadelphia, PA, and previously in Anacortes, WA.

In addition to his solo releases, he's worked/recorded/toured with artists such as Laura Veirs, Mount Eerie, The Microphones, Generifus, Stebmo and LAKE.

ALBUMS


Karl Blau
Vultures Of Love
2024, LP, Album, Otherly Love Records, Otherly Love Records
Karl Blau
Scream Time
2022
Karl Blau, The World Of Dust
Blue Herons
2020, 7", EP, Ltd, Tiny Room Records
Karl Blau
Live From The Void
2020, Cass, Album, Perpetual Doom, Dear Life Records
Karl Blau
If There Is A Guard Above
2019
Karl Blau
Poor The War Away
2017, CDr, Single, Promo, Bella Union
Karl Blau
Spring Beauty
2017, CD, Not On Label
Karl Blau
Out Her Space
2017
Karl Blau
That's How I Got To Memphis
2016, CDr, Single, Promo, Bella Union
Karl Blau
Fallin' Rain
2016, CDr, Single, Promo, Bella Union
Karl Blau
Six White Horses
2016, CDr, Single, Promo, Bella Union
Karl Blau
Introducing Karl Blau
2015
Karl Blau
Maherican Dream
2014, Cass, Album, Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society
Karl Blau / Skrill Meadow
Uh - I Can't Get Your Lovin' (Outta My Head) / Takin' My Time (2♥U)
2014, 7", Funkytonk Records
Karl Blau
Songles
2012, CDr, Album, Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society
Karl Blau / Selector Dub Narcotic
Golden Chariot
2011, 7", Single, K
Karl* & Geneviève*
Karl & Geneviève E.P.
2011, 7", EP, Ô Paon Records
Karl Blau
Max
2011, 12", K
Adrian Teacher, Karl Blau
My Words Are Yours
2010, CDr, Album + Boo, Not On Label
Karl Blau
Sun Shine Through - Sessions Rustiques
2010, CDr, Hôtel Rustique
Karl Blau
Baby Nettles
2009, CDr, Ltd, Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society
Karl Blau
96
2009
Karl Blau
Zebra
2009
Mount Analog featuring Karl Blau
That's How I Got To Memphis
2008, 7", Single, K
Karl Blau
Ho! Western Lands/Wing Flap Mantra
2008, Lathe, 8", Shape, Ltd, Cle, People In A Position To Know
Karl Blau
Nature's Got Away
2008, ,
Folk Rock/Ballad
Madeline* / Karl Blau / Your Heart Breaks
Tour EP
2008
Karl Blau, The Gift Machine, Graves (4), Nate Ashley
4-Way Split: Northwest
2008
Karl Blau
Dance Positive, Songs of Bret Lunsford
2007, CDr, Let, Kelp! Monthly,
Karl Blau
Good Lovin' County and Beyond
2007, 2xCDr, Han, Kelp! Monthly
Karl Blau
Dance Positive
2007, ,
Folk Rock
Karl Blau
Slow Down, Joe
2006, 7", Single, Blu, On Purpose Records, K
Karl Blau
Beneath Waves
2006, ,
Indie Rock
Karl Blau
If I Knew Zen What I Know Now
2005, CDr, Album, Kelp! Monthly
Karl Blau
Am
2005
Karl Blau
Dunkel Blau
2004, CDr, Album, Kelp! Monthly
Karl Blau, Karl Blau And The Boomstand Singers, Abe Original
It Was Hot We Stayed In The Water, And Other Seaside Selections
2004, CDr, Album, Ltd, Kelp! Monthly
Laura Veirs with Karl Blau
Lore of Ears
2004
Karl Blau
The Coconutcracker
2003, CDr, Album, Kelp! Monthly
Karl Blau
Dark, Magic Sea
2003
Karl Blau, Tippy Young
Karl Blau and Tippy Young Split
2001, Cass, Dead Turtle Recordings
Karl Blau
Karl Blau's Dragon Tape
2001, CDr, Album, Knw-Yr-Own
Karl Blau
Clothes Your I's
2001
Karl Blau
Shell Collection
1997, CD, Album, Knw-Yr-Own
Karl Blau
Live
1997, Cass, Knw-Yr-Own
Karl Blau
Doin' Things The Way They Happen
1996, Cass, Knw-Yr-Own
Karl Blau
Blue Nomad
1996, Cass, Knw-Yr-Own
Karl Blau
Aspen Connection
Cass, Album, Whirling Cloud
Karl Blau
Come Back: Vol. I - 4-Tracks
3xCDr, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own
Your Heart Breaks
Greatest Hits
2016, ,
Indie Rock/Dance-pop
Generifus
Solstice Songs
2025, Cass, Album, RE, Dollar Tapes
LAKE
Let's Build A Roof
2024, Cass, Album, RE, RM, K
Your Heart Breaks
New Ocean Waves & Sailor System
2023
Your Heart Breaks
Drone Butch Blues
2019, Vinyl Clear, ,
Acoustic/Folk/Drone
Your Heart Breaks
America
2015
The Solvents
Ghetto Moon
2013, CDr, Not On Label
Lake
Circular Doorway
2013
Key Losers
California Lite
2011
Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa
Suara Naga
2011
LAKE
Let's Build A Roof
2009
Your Heart Breaks
Love Is A Long Dark Road (Love Is All You Need)
2008
Your Heart Breaks
Sailor System
2006, CD, Album, Don't Stop Believin' Records
Your Heart Breaks / Steve Moore Agency*
Beer & Chai
2005
Lake
First Album
2006, CDr, Album, Kelp! Monthly
Matthew E. White
Steady Pace
2013, CD, Single, Promo, Domino
Matthew E. White
Brazos
2013, CD, Single, Promo, Domino, Spacebomb Records
Matthew E. White
Big Love
2013
Matthew E. White
One Of These Days
2012, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Hometapes, Spacebomb Records, ,
Indie Rock
Matthew E. White
Big Inner
2012
Angelo Spencer Et Les Hauts Sommets
World Garage
2011, LP, K, ,
Indie Rock
The Curious Mystery
We Creeling
2011, CD, ,
Alternative Rock
Lake
Giving & Receiving
2011
Angelo Spencer Et Les Hauts Sommets
Angelo Spencer Et Les Hauts Sommets
2010
The Blow
The Concussive Caress, Or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With The Vacuum
2003, ,
Indie Rock
Serendipitous Mayors Of Brightness
Thank Your Friendly Oxygen Machines
1998, 7", Single, Listening Grade Noise
Various
Turning Tutu, Turning Leaves
,
Indie Rock
Lake
Bucolic Gone
2025, LP, Bab, Don Giovanni Records
Opal Eskar
Opal Eskar
2023, 12", EP, Spiral Valley Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Ethereal
Lake
Roundelay
2020
D+
Destroy Before Listening
2018, CDr, Album, Knw-Yr-Own
Lake
Forever Or Never
2017
Your Heart Breaks
New Ocean Waves & Sailor System
2014
Lovers Without Borders
Detective
2013, 7", Single, K
Lovers Without Borders
She Wants A Baby
2012, 7", Not On Label (Lovers Without Borders Self-released)
Earth
Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II
2012, ,
Post Rock/Avantgarde
Your Heart Breaks
Harsh Tokes And Bong Jokes
2012
Earth
Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I
2011, ,
Drone/Doom Metal/Post-Metal
The Bundles
The Bundles
2010
D+
On Purpose
2008, CD, Comp, Ltd, Knw-Yr-Own
D+
What Is Doubt For?
2008, CD, Album, Knw-Yr-Own, Knw-Yr-Own, Knw-Yr-Own
LAKE
Oh, The Places We'll Go
2008,
Your Heart Breaks
Live In Berlin
2007, CD, Album, Not On Label (Your Heart Breaks Self-released)
The Boys From Deer Park
Soft Eject
2007, CDr, Album, Not On Label (The Boys From Deer Park Self-released)
D+
No Mystery
2006
Your Heart Breaks
You Said Your Dad's In Jail
2005, CDr, EP, Not On Label (Your Heart Breaks Self-released)
D+
Deception Pass
2003, CD, Album, Knw-Yr-Own, Knw-Yr-Own
D+
Mistake
2002, CD, Album, Knw-Yr-Own, Knw-Yr-Own, Knw-Yr-Own, K
D+
Dandelion Seeds
1998
D+
D+
1997
D+
Book
1996, 7", K, K
D+
Dandelion Seeds
1998
Your Heart Breaks
Love Is A Long Dark Road (Love Is All You Need)
2008, CDr, ,
Indie Rock

APPEARANCES +


Laura Veirs
Live In Brooklyn
2024, LP, Album, Ltd, Bla, Raven Marching Band Records
Permanent Moves
Don't Forget Us: A Chekhovian Song Cycle
2024, 2xLP, Album, Not On Label (Permanent Moves Self-released)
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Live At Forestlimit, Tokyo, 2017
2022, Cass, Album, Ltd, Addendum
BOAT
No Plans To Stick The Landing
2022
Laura Veirs
Found Light
2022
The Microphones
Completely Everything, 1996 - 2021
2022
Your Heart Breaks
My Side Of The Mountain
2020, File, FLAC, Single, Not On Label (Your Heart Breaks Self-released)
Laura Veirs
My Echo
2020, ,
Folk
Various
Safe In Sound (Home Recordings From Quarantine)
2020, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Little Wings
Wonderue
2019
Jenn Grant
Love, Inevitable
2019,
Adrian Teacher & The Subs*
Anxious Love
2018, 9xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Not On Label (Adrian Teacher And The Subs Self-released)
Laura Veirs
The Lookout
2018
Laura Veirs
Fading Of Stars
2018,
The Gift Machine
New Tangles
2018
Your Heart Breaks
From Mount Eerie
2016, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Your Heart Breaks Self-released), ,
Indie Rock/Indie Pop
Nick Krgovich
The Hills
2016, ,
Indie Pop
Iji
Bubble
2016
Motorbikes
Motorbikes
2014, Cass, EP, Ltd, Not On Label (Motorbikes Self-released)
COOL
Paint
2014, ,
Punk
Nicholas Krgovich*
On Sunset
2014
Lori Goldston
Lori Goldston
2013, 7", Ltd, Talking Helps Records, ,
Experimental/Contemporary/Drone
Nicholas Krgovich*
Nicholas Krgovich
2013, CD, Album, 7 e.p., ,
Indie Pop
The Lonely Forest
Adding Up The Wasted Hours
2013,
Various
The Rising Cost Of Livin' High & Lovin' Hard- A Tribute To Kris Kristofferson
2013, ,
Country/Country Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
Sub Pop 1000
2013, ,
Alternative Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock/Post-Punk
Laura Veirs
Warp And Weft
2013, Vinyl Gatefold, CD, ,
Folk
Generifus
Back In Time
2012, LP, Sultan Serves Records
Stebmo
Super Drum (aka Marriage Proposals)
2012, CD, Album, Not On Label (Stebmo Self-released), ,
Avant-garde Jazz
The Hive Dwellers
Hewn From The Wilderness
2012, ,
Indie Rock
Nicholas Krgovich*
Real Life
2012, ,
Pop Rock/Synth-pop
Various
Tallahassee Turns Ten (A Mountain Goats Cover Album)
2012,
Solid Home Life
Solid Home Life
2012, ,
Indie Rock
Team Gina / Your Heart Breaks
Sensual Seduction / You Got It (The Right Stuff)
2011, ,
Indie Rock
Laura Veirs
Tumble Bee
2011, ,
Folk
Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa
Suara Naga
2011
Laura Veirs
July Flame
2010, CD,
Gigi
Maintenant
2010
Walter TV
Live and Dubbed at the D​.​O​.​S
2010
Angelo Spencer et L'Orchidée d'Hawaï
My Music Is My Sweat
2009, 7", Single, K
Joey Casio / Selector Dub Narcotic
Share The Cup
2009, 7", K
Your Heart Breaks / Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death + Cap Lori
Live Wire / Neighborhood Threat
2009, 7", Whi, Don't Stop Believin' Records, ,
Indie Rock/Ethereal
Various
Spring Calendar & Compilation 02009-10
2009, CD, Comp, Anonymous Monk
Chain And The Gang
Down With Liberty... Up With Chains!
2009
Stebmo
STEBMO
2009, ,
Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz
Mirah
The Old Days Feeling
2008, CD, Comp, Modern Radio Record Label
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
We Brave Bee Stings And All
2008
Mount Eerie
Black Wooden Ceiling Opening
2008
Various
Live At Dearborn House
2007, CDr, Comp, Num, Not On Label
Laura Veirs
Saltbreakers
2007,
Jim White
Transnormal Skiperoo
2007
Woelv
Tout Seul Dans La Forêt En Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur?
2007
Let's Be Honeys
Popsongs For My Poor Self
2006, CDr, MiniAlbum, Yellow Mica Recordings, Yellow Mica Recordings
International Falls
The Plateau
2006
Johanna Kunin
Up North
2005, CDr, EP, Dig, Not On Label (Johanna Kunin Self-Released)
Laura Veirs
Year Of Meteors.
2005, CD, EP, Promo, Nonesuch, ,
Acoustic/Folk Rock
Laura Veirs
Year Of Meteors
2005
Mount Eerie
Seven New Songs Of Mount Eerie
2004, CDr, EP, Ltd, P.W. Elverum & Sun, Ltd.
Laura Veirs
The Cloud Room
2004, CDr, Bella Union, ,
Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Laura Veirs
Riptide
2004, CD, Single, Bella Union, ,
Folk Rock
Laura Veirs
Carbon Glacier
2004, CD, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock
Various
Tracks & Fields
2004, ,
Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Noise/Indie Rock/Post Rock/Experimental/Garage Rock/Punk
Dame Dulce
The Sun Comes Into The Kitchen
2003, CDr, Album, Knw-Yr-Own
The Blow
The Concussive Caress, Or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With The Vacuum
2003
The Microphones
The Singing From "Mt. Eerie"
2003
The Blow
Don't Do The Bomb Before My Moustache Comes
2002, CD, Album, K, ,
Acoustic/Indie Rock/Experimental
The Microphones
Mount Eerie
2002
Jason Anderson / Wolf Colonel
Something / Everything!
2002
The Microphones
Song Islands
2002
The Microphones' Singers
I Can't Believe You Actually Died
2001, 7", Coming In Second
Micro Phones*
The Moon
2001, 7", Instatone Brand
Lightheavyweight
Isn't It Pretty To Think So?
2001, CD, MiniAlbum, Your Best Guess
Microphones*
Blood
2001
The Microphones
"The Glow" Pt. 2
2001
The Microphones
It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water
2000
The Microphones
Window:
2000, ,
Indie Rock
The Microphones
Tests
1998
The Microphones
Tests
1998
Microphones*
Microphone Mix
1997
Various
Hootenholler
Cass, Comp, Love Tape Love
Various
Scherler Beer The Album: Volume One
LP, People In A Position To Know, Scherler Music,
Autococoon
Spirulina
Angelo Spencer
Recorded!
Various
Stay Tuned: Season 1
2022, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Perpetual Doom
Various
Happy Birthday, Kenny
2021, Cass, Album, Comp, Ltd, Tra, Perpetual Doom
Various
Bloom Country, Vol. 1
2021
Various
Ô - A Tribute To Ô Paon And Geneviève Castrée
2021
Various
Comp For A Cause
2020, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Pin, Related Records
Various
Momentos 2016 / Vol. 1 Canciones Internacionales
2017, CD, Comp, Promo, Sinedín Music
Various
Six Weeks Of Winter
2017, Cass, Comp, Sleeper Records (2)
Various
Sleep Of Reason (New Noises Vol. 137)
2017, CD, Comp, Rolling Stone
Various
Picture This (15 Tracks Of The Month's Best Music)
2016, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), Uncut (2)
Various
Printemps-été 2016 - Volume 2
2016, CD, Comp, Les Inrockuptibles, ,
Alternative Rock/Synth-pop/Electro/Shoegaze
Various
Sounds Of The New West (The Class Of 2016 - 15 Tracks Of The Best New Americana)
2016, CD, Comp, Uncut (2),
Various
End Of The Road 2016
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Rough Trade Shops
Various
Friends & Friends Of Friends Vol. 9
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Tender Loving Empire
Various
Mystery Language - An Old Time Relijun Testimonial
2015, Cass, Album, Comp, Ltd, K,
Various
Dear Janet
2015
Various
The Business Select Vol. 3
2014, 13xFile, MP3, Comp, The Business (2), Knw-Yr-Own
Various
A Spacebomb Family Album
2013, CD, Comp, Smplr, Domino, Spacebomb Records
Matthew E. White
Big Inner
2013
Various
The Rising Cost Of Livin' High & Lovin' Hard A Tribute To Kris Kristofferson
2013, ,
Indie Rock/Country Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
The Business Select Vol. 1
2012, CDr, Comp, Ltd, The Business (2), ,
Indie Rock
Various
Songs On Conceptual Art
2012
Various
A Tribute To 'One Foot In The Grave'
2011
Various
Wild Animal Kingdom Volume 2
2010, Cass, Comp, Wild Animal Kingdom
Various
Gamehenge 09
2009, 100xFile, MP3, Comp, 192, Little Fury Things, ,
Experimental
Various
Love No Love Compilation
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Car, The Levee Breaking, ,
Experimental/Indie Rock/Avantgarde
Various
What The Heck? (2009 Festival Compilation)
2009, CDr, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own, ,
Indie Rock
MR P*
Rise Of The Common Woodpile
2009, File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 192, Tiny Mix Tapes, ,
J-pop/Psychedelic Rock/Neofolk/Art Rock/Noise/Experimental/Acoustic/Lo-Fi/Folk/Glitch/IDM/Chiptune/Avantgarde/Vocal/Breakbeat/Drum n Bass/Funk/Dialogue/Score/Bluegrass/Abstract/Ambient/Downtempo/Trip Hop
Various
Wild Animal Kingdom Volume 1
2009
Various
The Box
2008, 42xFile, MP3, Album, Comp, 320, Peppermill Records, ,
Country Rock/Indie Rock/Techno/Abstract/Glitch/IDM/Electro
Various
No Band Is An Island
2008, CD, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own, ,
Indie Rock
Various
There's Enough For Everybody
2008, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Pirate And Cowboy
Various
Life On An Island Summer 2008
2008, CDr, Life On An Island
Various
Now Hear This! (15 Great Tunes Hand-Picked By The Word) (October 2008)
2008, CD Discbox Slider, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Country Blues/Country/Soul/Acoustic/Folk
Various
Raketetapete
2007, CD, Comp, Ltd, Parapop Stereo, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Punk/Post Rock/Acoustic/Experimental
Various
Ponies In A Stable
2007, CD, Comp, Don't Stop Believin' Records
Various
The Second Marriage Records Compilation
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Marriage Records
Various
Freshzzz?! Brown Interiour Music Summer 2007 Sampler
2007, Cass, Smplr, Brown Interiour Music
Various
What The Heck? 2007 Compilation
2007, CDr, Comp + CDr, Comp, Charming Tedious Records
Various
Life Is Easy: A Tribute To... Real Live Tigers
2007, CDr, Comp, Not On Label
Various
What The Heckfest 2006
2006, CDr, Promo, Knw-Yr-Own
Various
Live At The Artistery 2003-2005
2006, CD, Comp, Artistery Records, ,
Indie Rock/Experimental/Folk Rock/Folk
Various
Free The Bird
2006, 2xCDr, Comp, Kelp! Monthly
Various
Flotsam -N- Jetsam - What The Heck Fest Sampler 2005
2005, 2xCDr, Comp, Kelp! Monthly
Various
Trust In Sirens
2004, ,
Indie Rock
Various
What The Heck? - 2003 Compilation
2003, CDr, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own, ,
Indie Rock
Various
Shipwreck Day (A Knw-Yr-Own Compilation)
2002, ,
Indie Rock/Lo-Fi/Folk Rock
Various
Remote Wing
2001, CD, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own, ,
Indie Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
Breakout
2000, Cass, Comp, Dead Turtle Recordings
Various
Know Your Own
1998, Cass, Knw-Yr-Own
Various
Blw-Yr-Knows
1997, Cass, Comp, Knw-Yr-Own
Various
Olympia Talent Show
CDr, Comp, Talent Show Records,
Various
PIAPTK CD Sampler
CDr, Comp, Promo, People In A Position To Know