Franklin Bruno

Franklin Bruno
Franklin Bruno in 2010
Years Active in The Mountain Goats	2002-2008
Instruments	Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Piano
Associated Acts	Nothing Painted Blue, The Human Hearts, The Mountain Goats, The Extra Lens

Franklin Bruno is a musician that has recorded under his own name as well as being the lead singer and songwriter for Nothing Painted Blue (of which Peter Hughes was formerly a member). He is also one half of The Extra Lens, a side-project with John Darnielle.

In addition to the Lens, he is a frequent collaborator with Darnielle's main band, the Mountain Goats. He is credited with playing the piano and other various instruments on many of the studio-quality Mountain Goats releases, such as Tallahassee and We Shall All Be Healed. He also co-wrote the music of "In Corolla", which made him the only person to co-write a Mountain Goats song with Darnielle, until Hughes' contributions to "Shelved".

The Mountain Goats have covered a number of Bruno's songs in concert, including "The Irony Engine" and "Milkcrate" from Bruno's solo career, and "Houseguest" from Nothing Painted Blue.

Discography

Solo Career

• Suggestion Box (1991)
• Etudes for Voice and Snackmaster (1993)
• A Bedroom Community (1995)
• Kiss Without Makeup (2000)
• A Cat May Look at a Queen (2002)

With Nothing Painted Blue

• A Baby a Blanket a Packet of Seeds (1990)
• Logorrhea (1992)
• Power Trips Down Lovers Lane (1993)
• Placeholders (1994)
• Emotional Discipline (1997)
• The Monte Carlo Method (1998)
• Taste the Flavor (2005)

With The Human Hearts

• Civics (2007)
• Another (2009)

With The Extra Lens

See The Extra Lens#Discography

With the Mountain Goats

• Tallahassee (2002)
• We Shall All Be Healed (2004)
• The Sunset Tree (2005)
• Get Lonely (2006)
• Heretic Pride (2008)