What do you get if you take honest music, a dose of wit, folk music played on an acoustic guitar and a pinch of punk rock attitude? The answer is Reading’s own Ben Marwood.
Ben Marwood is like a real life superhero (minus the superpowers and secret life). Working a desk job usually, Ben Marwood will more than often pick up his guitar and perform for anyone who’ll listen. Recently, he found himself touring with ex-Million Dead frontman and all round legend, Frank Turner.
Having released various splits and EPs (including his own This Is Not What You Had Planned EP in 2008), Ben released his debut album Outside There’s A Curse in January via Xtra Mile Recordings. What is contained in Ben’s music is getting harder to come by as times progress. It’s honesty in it’s rawest form. There’s nothing complex to it, but it’s not something easy to pull off and for that Ben Marwood must be praised.
Songs such as Oh My Days are highlights in Marwood’s music – a song about wanting to escape from his own hometown of Reading. While it may sound cliché, it seems Ben’s real home is touring and doing what he loves best (and what he is clearly best at). Being an opening act is never easy but on the recent tour with Frank Turner (and Franz Nicolay), Ben has shown real promise. Earning new fans up and down the country, his sharp wit and connection with the audience is second to none.
If you like your music raw with honesty, then Ben Marwood is for you. If not…what’s wrong with you?
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To buy Outside There’s A Curse through Banquet Records, go here!
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