I Forget Where We Were
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Ben Howard
I Forget Where We Were
[ Island UK / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 24 October 2014
I Forget Where We Were was produced by Ben's drummer Chris Bond at Start Point Farm Studios in Devon, and follows the huge success of his million selling, Mercury Prize nominated debut album, Every Kingdom, in 2011. In 2013, Ben capped a fantastic two years, by picking up two Brit Awards for British Breakthrough and British Solo Male Artist.
A dark, dramatic return, I Forget Where We Were was recorded almost completely live, and its rawness matches the emotion of Ben's words and vocal. It's a bold, uncompromising listen and an incredibly assured body of work by one of Britain's most successful young musicians of recent years.
"Has the world gone mad/ Or is it me?" is a question posed by British troubadour Ben Howard on "Small Things", the deceptively bleak opening track to his second album, I Forget Where We Were. It sets a rhetorical tone for a collection of 10 reflective songs that contemplate the pain of love, the restless spirit, and the disquieting sense of falling short. Along the way, Howard externalizes a kind of inner madness while his imagery remains suitably poetic. (The title track stands out for mixing domestic metaphors with the change of season.) It's not simply the exorcism that Howard puts himself through, but rather the feeling that he has come out of the process stronger. - Consequence of Sound
Tracks:
1. Small Things
2. Rivers In Your Mouth
3. I Forget Where We Were
4. In Dreams
5. She Treats Me Well
6. Time Is Dancing
7. Evergreen
8. End Of The Affair
9. Conrad
10. All Is Now Harmed
