Sings, plays guitar, and writes songs for Manchester Orchestra and Right Away Great Captain!. He is also the co-founder of Favorite Gentlemen Recordings and has helped produce a number of FG records.

Sings background vocals and plays guitar for Manchester Orchestra. He also writes his own material as Gobotron. The debut Gobotron album "On Your Mark, Get Set..." is set to be released on Favorite Gentlemen in 2010. Robert wrote all of the music and played all of the instruments on the album.