ARTiST: Ben Marwood ALBUM: This Is Not What You Had Planned BiTRATE: 144kbps avg QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz LABEL: Broken Tail Records GENRE: Indie SiZE: 23.70 megs PLAYTiME: 0h 21min 34sec total RiP DATE: 2008-08-13 STORE DATE: 2008-08-04 Track List: -------- 01. Question Marks 2:12 02. Five Little Secrets 3:48 03. I Know What I Did Last Summer 3:09 04. Heathens 3:33 05. Claire 3:17 06. Fake It 2:22 07. Like It Or Not 3:13 Release Notes: -------- Ben Marwood was born in 1981, and has been favourably compared to Conor Oberst and unfavourably likened to James Blunt. Velocity have given him the nickname 'GOD' (upper case: essential), though it is widely argued that there is no evidence that He was ever a musician and Ben most certainly can't be dealing with people asking him for stuff all the time. Ben, you see, is a finger-picked folk guitarist stuck somewhere between pop and anti-folk, with his songs caught between being 100% genuine and totally sarcastic. Thrown initially, and perhaps even prematurely, into the spotlight at 2004's WOMAD festival, Marwood spent the next few years honing his craft – more intricacy, less power chords – before releasing a split 7” single on Velocity with good friends Heartwear Process in January of 2007, as well as featuring on two split EPs on DIY label Broken Tail Records; Four By Four (2007) and Four By Four More (2008), releases which collectively received airplay from XFM and the BBC's Radio 1 and 2. Ben has supported travelling troubadours (Chris T-T, Frank Turner, Jonah Matranga, Kat Flint), shared bills with the plain eccentric (David Byrne, Senor Coconut), mixed it with the loud boys (Jetplane Landing, Fickle Public) and the up-and-comers (Glasvegas, SixNationState, Pete and the Pirates), as well as being endorsed by three of his most favourite of DJs – Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens and Jon Hillcock. “.. it really isn't any different to James Blunt and it's not nearly as good” - the mag “Britain's answer to Conor Oberst's fragmented folk” - is this music?
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