Rachel Ana Dobken’s New Single Is ‘Cruel Cruel Cruel’

Written By Mike Greenblatt

PHOTO: Rachel Ana Dobken by Danny Clinch

While busy working on her new “Acceptance” album for release next year, Asbury Park singer-songwriter-producer Rachel Ana Dobken has unleashed some cruelty in the shape of her new punk-rock single. The multi-talented songstress (who plays drums, guitar and keyboards) has a voice that bites. The song is a kiss-off to a feckless ex (“I know you want me but you’re so cruel cruel cruel”).

She’ll be hitting the road Wednesday for shows in Maryland, Delaware and New York. Dobken has deep rock roots, likes to keep things bangin’ and professes a love for Thin Lizzy. By day, she serves as Music Director for photographer Danny Clinch’s Transparent Gallery in Asbury.

“[We] were very intentional on the song’s tones,” she says, “including thick—slightly thrashy—drum sounds, and ripping/spooky delay-drenched guitars which lean into the slightly left-of-center atonal nature of the verse leading into the big pay-off of the chorus.”

https://vibe.to/cruelcruelcruel

For tour/artist details, visit https://rachelanadobken.com/.

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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