Ben Howard Band • Page 6

he hasn't really broken through in the US yet it doesn't seem, which is kinda crazy given how huge he is in the UK/Europe.

 

Yep, agree

 

Bonus Tracks.

 

man i need both of those to hit spotify immediately. so good.

 

holy crud this thing kicks butt

 

So this album's pretty damn cool, not what I was expecting at all and I'm glad

 

Sorry Kid is sooo good. Really love records like this that have a lot going on but aren’t overwhelming or in your face about it. Engaging, mellow, and still pretty accessible

 

dude rules, highly recommend everything he’s put out

 

Yeah I definitely will. My much cooler than I am girlfriend asked what this was when I had it on and she goes “I knew this voice sounded familiar, that’s cool, I didn’t know he still put out music.” Apparently I’ve been asleep

 

yeah his first album had some pretty massive songs. only love and old pine have more than double the streams each of the top few streamed elliott smiths songs haha. he won what is essentially the British version of the best new artist grammy award when they dropped. i found out about him in quarantine somehow and have been obsessed ever since

got tickets for the live stream next week. excited to see how these songs turn out live

 

I have been listening to Ben since 2013. I went to see him live 2 years ago and his live performance was great. He usually plays his latest album in full + just a couple of his earlier songs.

 

@Carrow you check this out?

 

I feel like I'd get on with this a lot more than I have his other stuff but not had time for it just quite yet - how is it? Willing to give it a shot because of the National connection.

 

i love it but i also love all his stuff. it’s definitely clearly a dessner collab

 

what's the connection to The National?

 

dessner produced the album

 

well would ya look at that, I had no idea

 

Dessner’s having quite the run lately. This is such a good fit for both him and Howard

 

quite like the bonus tracks on this, especially "London Portrait"

 

This is nice. I don’t love it yet, but like everything else Ben has released, I feel so comforted by his music

 

got my hands on the vinyl mix and it does sound a lot better on my headphones, I think. more depth than the really flat, plain mix on digital, it helps the album come alive a bit. and the extended ending of "Crowhurst's Meme" is great, no idea why it's not on every version!

 

can't get enough of this tbh, so stoked for the stream tomorrow

 

yeah I was groovin to this at like, 1am last night, and it's a reallllly nice late night in the dark kinda album