Posted February 7, 20187 yr 1. "Nica Libres At Dusk" 2. "Towing the Line" 3. "A Boat To an Island On the Wall" 4. "What the Moon Does" 5. "Someone In the Doorway" 6. "All Down the Mines (Interlude)" 7. "The Defeat" 8. "A Boat To an Island, Part 2 / Agatha's Song" 9. "There's Your Man" 10. "Murmurations" Out 1st June -------------------------- Ben Howard has teased his first new music in over three years by posting the following photo on social media: Really looking forward to hearing what he comes back with, it's been far too long!
February 7, 20187 yr adore ben howard, he's my 2nd favourite artist but when I saw the pic, I took it like if he's recording, which means the album might not come out til the end of the year or something, who knows
February 9, 20187 yr He’ll need to come back with something strong, else he’s going to go under the radar; what with George Ezra and James Bay, and newcomers like Tom Walker and Sam Fender getting radio (R1 specifically) support.
February 10, 20187 yr he's not Ed sheeran and thank God he'll never be, he's not one for the masses, doesn't need r1 or hit singles
February 10, 20187 yr I loved what I heard from Every Kingdom, so I might want to listen to this 3rd studio effort. I even own a CD of said debut album, which I bought from Scope last year.
February 12, 20187 yr The first two albums were very good, he's def not in the Ed Sheeran bracket for me, slightly more alternative!
April 4, 20187 yr new album June 1st called Noonday Dream, pre-order is out now lead single A Boat to an island on the wall https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0639n7p Edited April 4, 20187 yr by Bjork
April 4, 20187 yr Well I remember the leads from his last album being released and I thought "OMG he's lost it" and then the album turned out to be great and both taster tracks grew into big favourites. This one is even more "OMG he's lost it" than last time but I'm going to remember what happened and keep the faith.
April 4, 20187 yr it's a progression on the last album, same vein he's clearly never gonna release another Every kingdom or even a traditional pop song like only love
April 4, 20187 yr Oh I dunno, I think Small Things, Rivers In Your Mouth and In Dreams were all relatively traditional. I don't mind though, I prefer his second album to his debut on the whole so am intrigued to see what this one will be like.
April 4, 20187 yr Upon first listen as Dandy said it's like the last lead single not instant but I like it already, looking forward to adding it to my Apple Music list!
April 15, 20187 yr I mean, I've never been invested in Ben Howard (partly due to effort and probably immaturity) but "A Boat To An Island On The Wall" is a really strange song to lead an album campaign with. It does absolutely nothing for me as a single - though it might work in the context of an album.
April 15, 20187 yr I'm his biggest fan but not clicking with me either, too ambient and out there but I think this is the sound he's heading to, it's like a natural progression from the last album at least I'm happy he's not going all ed sheeran trying to be the next big super seller super star
April 19, 20187 yr new track Towing the line https://open.spotify.com/album/3DTSQKC6SUjh...bQ9ep76w8IuO64A
April 19, 20187 yr Author I'm really enjoying "A Boat to an Island" at the moment. It sounds great in the sun. I can tell that this will be his most experimental album so far, he's giving me Bon Iver vibes with the two tracks so far. I'm not complaining though, he's definitely big enough now to be trying something different.
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