Blues artist BEN HEMMING set out on a mystical-musical journey across America during a very difficult time in his life, a trip which ultimately came to define not only his sound but also his personal identity.
He brought home a collection of songs that he had composed while travelling, and these constituted the foundation of his first album, appropriately named “Broken Man.”
His latest material takes a more alt-rock approach to introversion than its predecessors, with the pieces on Hemming’s most recent “The Meaning Of All Things” maintaining his darkly cathartic lyrical style while maturing a sound that stays faithful to the darker swamp-blues origins of his earlier songs.
like a distended belly dragging across spores of forgiveness…
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The Meaning Of All Things was recorded at Masterlink Productions, in Woking Surrey, with producer James Welsh (Jo Harman, Redtenbacher’s Funkestra).
We had a listen to Truth Lies (video shared below.)
This intense perspiring piece is damp as mouldy shavings strewn across a Southern swamp, and moves through the oozing mud like a drunken lizard. The voice expresses devourment as the guitar dips & screams. The overall sonic environment crawls at the listener like a distended belly dragging across spores of forgiveness.
Words: © Neil Mach
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