It's here! God Is Dead is now available wherever you get your music. Stream / save / download / grab a copy to keep forever via bandcamp:
Enjoy!
Ben.
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Hello! I'm delighted to announce that God Is Dead, the first single from my upcoming album, will be released two weeks today on Friday, 28th June 2024.
This track formed the backbone of the new album, having had approximately 30 different revisions and countless hours spent putting it all together. I used this as the reference point for the rest of the album and wanted to get this one just right. Once I had this one down the remainder of the album just seemed to fall into place - so I think it's only fitting that this one gets to bolt from the gates first! It will be accompanied by a video too, which I'm looking forward to sharing with you! If you'd like to get it early and free of charge, then as always make sure you're signed up for Early Access Everything! I'll be popping it across to everyone on the list on Monday, 24th June 2024. Or, if you want it earlier still - be sure to tune in to Radio Stradbroke TODAY FROM 1PM (Friday 14th June 2024), where the wonderful Richard Pierce will be playing it for the first time ever on his NewMusicFriday show. Thanks Richard! Anyway, can't wait for this one to be out in the open. I'll see you on the 28th! (or the 24th, sign up today!) Ben. Hello all! It's been a while. I promise I've been busy. At the start of this year everything lined up just so and I was able to spend a week with my friend Conor Phelan in his shiny new studio, The Green Studio. I've been working since 2020 in the background on a new album. I'd recorded the majority of it at home and released a couple of tracks from it, Everything's Fine and Where Were You Ten Years Ago? - but ultimately I wasn't happy with the quality. They sounded passable as singles, but I feared an entire album of my overcooked 10th rate home-brew recording / mixing would have been enough to turn anyone off listening to the whole thing. I'm really happy with the album musically and I would rather you all enjoyed it without having to sacrifice your hearing. Anyhow, thanks to some engineering magic by Conor, his gorgeous sounding studio and having somehow found the time to properly sit down and completely overhaul my mixing / mastering technique - I'm happy to report that I have something worthy of a proper commercial release. The album itself will be called "Everything's Fine", with Everything's Fine being the title track. There's a fresh recording of that one as well as new versions of Where Were You Ten Years Ago? and Dear Friend. (I'll be taking the original versions of all of these tracks down at some point before the release. If you like them and want to keep them be sure to grab a copy via bandcamp if you haven't already.) It's 10 tracks in total and 42 minutes in length. I've used an array of atmospheric / ambient sounds throughout too. I wanted the whole thing to feel like you're sat watching a movie rather than listening to an album. It's mixed for CD but could be adapted for vinyl should that ever be required. The ambient sounds trail through from one track to another in most instances making the whole thing a really rewarding experience when you listen all the way through, but I think I would re-jig if ever it went to the press. I've got no artwork or videos just yet - but I've got plenty of ideas. I've also been documenting the entire process and am looking forward to sharing clips of that with you including a full "making of" when the album is out. I'll leave you with the track list for now whilst I decide how best to go about the release! Everything's Fine: 1) Where Were You Ten Years Ago? - 3:36 2) Nod If You Can Hear Me - 4:22 3) God Is Dead - 5:04 4) Dear Friend - 5:35 5) When I Felt New - 4:06 6) Nowhere Left To Hide - 4:14 7) Terrible Dreams - 2:41 8) Roses - 4:24 9) Everything's Fine - 5:25 10) Dead Ends - 2:44 I'll be sharing details of the lead single, God Is Dead very soon! Be sure to sign up for early access everything if you haven't already for your free copy of that and the entire album.
Thanks! Ben.
Finally! After a short delay my new single Everything's Fine is out now wherever you listen. I hope you enjoy it! You can stream it here:
Thanks for your support! Go ahead and sign up for future releases too if you like. More to come!
Ben.
My new single Where Were You Ten Years Ago? is OUT NOW! Please go and listen wherever you do, or stream / purchase direct on bandcamp right here:
I've been very excited for the release of this one. I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks for your support, all the best. Ben.
Hello hello! I'm delighted to announce that my latest single, Dear Friend, is now available everywhere! Search Dear Friend by Ben Male wherever you listen, purchase on bandcamp via my music page or enjoy it right here: I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you all so much for your support and don't forget for a free early download of whatever I've got coming next, be sure to sign up. Thanks again! Enjoy! Ben.
Well, my latest single Captain has been out one month (just)! So I've thrown together a last minute live video to celebrate. You can view it below. I hope you're all having a wonderful new year so far and I'm looking forward to sharing more with you soon! Thanks to all of you. Ben.
Thanks so much for your support, I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas / New Year and I can't wait to share more music with you in 2022. Don't forget to sign up if you haven't already, you'll get free early access to upcoming tracks and the rest if you do and I promise I won't spam you.
All the best to all of you, thank you! Ben.
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