Welcome to the Blacklist Club (originally titled With a Wink and a Smile) is the upcoming debut album by American singer/songwriter Evan Taubenfeld

Evan Taubenfeld

Evan David Taubenfeld is an American singer-songwriter, best known for being Avril Lavigne's lead guitarist. Taubenfeld's debut album, Welcome to the Blacklist Club, was released on May 18, 2010.-Early life:...

, ex-guitarist of Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

. The album was expected to be released on September 15, 2009, but was recently rescheduled to a later date. During Taubenfeld's UStream chat on March 28, 2010, he confirmed that the album will be released on iTunes worldwide on May 18, 2010. On February 24, a promotional single, "Cheater of the Year" was released on iTunes, and a lyric video was made available on MySpace. The first official single, "Boy Meets Girl" was released on March 31.

Background

On The Black List Club official site Evan Taubenfeld describes his album in the biography section. "[Welcome to the Blacklist Club] is about being a hopeless romantic trapped under a cinnamon-coated shell that is L.A., I think your outside hardens when you live out here. Most people don’t express how much they want to fall in love. For me, half the album is about being able to expose that. The other half...is more about having fun."

Singles

• "Cheater of the Year" was released as a promotional single on February 24 to iTunes and other digital download websites. An accompanying lyric video was also released onto myspace.
• "Boy Meets Girl" released on March 31, 2009 was the first official single for the album. A lyric video was created for this song as well.
• "Starbucks Girl" was released on February 9, and a music video was also put up.
• "Pumpkin Pie" is the single which was released in 2010 in support of the album. There is a lyric video for this with an actual video released in July 2010.

Other songs

• On August 12, a video for "It's Like That" was released on the Evan Taubenfeld website, as a reward to the fans for getting "Boy Meets Girl" to one million plays on Myspace. However, although it has a video, it has not yet been released in single format. The video, unlike the previous videos, is not a lyric video, and features clips of Evan in various places singing the song, and many photographs of his friends and fanbase, which were sent to him prior to the creation of the video.

Track listing

Evan Taubenfeld released an image of a demo CD with an original tracklist for Welcome to the Blacklist Club, however, since doing this, he has adjusted the tracklist somewhat. 'Love/Hate' and 'Waiting' were cut from the album, although they were given away to fans on his weekly live uStream. Two new songs, 'Starbucks Girl' and 'Best Years of Our Lives' have been added, the demo version of the latter had been available for several years beforehand though, one of the tracks from his previous project. The song 'I Love the Both of You' may be added to the final tracklisting. The songs cut will be saved to be released as b-sides or bonus tracks.

Snakes and Suits Acoustic Tour

Prior to the release of the album, around Spring 2009, Evan toured with This Providence

This Providence

This Providence is a four-piece Alternative Rock band from Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Dan Young , David Blaise , Gavin Phillips , and Andy Horst .-Formation and early history:...

 and The Academy Is...

The Academy Is...

The Academy Is... was an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before dispersing, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other...

 on the Snakes and Suits acoustic tour in promotion of the current single, Boy Meets Girl, and his debut album and career. He played a set of five songs on most tour dates.

1. Razorblade Limeade
2. Cheater of the Year
3. Story of Me and You
4. Pumpkin Pie
5. Boy Meets Girl

Metro Station support

In summer/fall of 2009, he is touring in North America with Metro Station

Metro Station (band)

Metro Station is an American pop rock band that formed in Los Angeles by Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus. In late 2006, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia/Red Ink. They are best known for their Top 10 Billboard hit single "Shake It" from their self-titled debut album...

.

Planned world tour

In various videos, Evan has suggested that he has plans to go on a world tour after the release of Welcome to the Blacklist Club, probably either Winter or Spring 2010.

Avril Lavigne Black Star Tour

Evan played as an opening act for Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...

on the North American Leg of her 2011 Black Star World Tour.