BEN HOWARD – Collections From The Whiteout – 2LP – 180g Clear Vinyl

LABEL: UMC

CAT NO: 0746833

BARCODE: 0602507468330

Tracklisting:

Side A
01. Follies Fixture
02. What A Day
03. Crowhursts Meme
04. Finders Keepers
05. Far Out

Side B
06. Rookery
07. You Have Your Way
08. Sage That She Was Burning
09. Sorry Kid
10. Unfurling

Side C
11. Metaphysical Cantations
12. Make Arrangements
13. The Strange Last Flight Of Richard Russell
14. Buzzard

BEN HOWARD Collections From The Whiteout

2LP Limited Edition 180g Clear Vinyl
Housed in gatefold sleeve + plain unprinted bag (*includes digital download voucher)

Ben Howard returns with his fourth album, Collections From The Whiteout through Island Records. Produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National, Sharon Van Etten, Taylor Swift), Collections From The Whiteout heralds the first time Ben has opened the door to production outside of he and his bands closer confines.

The foreboding darkness that coated Bens second record I Forget Where We Were and thinly veiled its follow up Noonday Dream, isnt so evident on Collections.. These are songs written from headlines scanned, or news stories scrolled past. Ben has taken those snippets and let his curiosity take control, creating an aural scrapbook that reverberates with tape loops and guitar FXs.

There are sounds akin to Brian Eno, Durutti Column and Steve Reich in there, but also Neil Young and Townes Van Zandt. Its a million miles away from Bens multi-platinum selling debut, but a path plotted from Bens then to his now isnt so far removed.

The door was also left open to some new players too. Yussef Dayes, one of the UKs most innovative young drummer/producer especially in the field of jazz features, as does Kate Stables from This Is The Kit, James Krivchenia from Big Thief, Kyle Keegan from Hiss Golden Messenger, and the aforementioned Aaron Dessner lent his hand too where needed. Long-term guitarist to Bens band, Mickey Smith, remains a reassuring presence. Rob Moose, a long-standing arranger of strings for Bon Iver and a collaborator to Laura Marling, Blake Mills, and Phoebe Bridgers is also present, peppering the mix.