An unsettling, bleak moment of relief before a tragic end. Americanoir. With echoey, distorted chords opening this album, ‘New Roses’ starts with an enormous feeling of foreboding. ‘I must be lonely’ is a slow, brooding song […]
It may be only early May, but summer would appear to have well and truly arrived as I made the journey for my second visit of the year to Ropery Hall, located within the North Lincolnshire […]
How literature and heavy metal led to Kerrville and gothic americana. Ben De La Cour has been on a slow burn since leaving home at seventeen for various dead-end jobs before landing in Nashville in 2013 […]
Dark reflections from a troubled troubadour. Ben de la Cour seems to tick all the boxes for the troubled troubadour blueprint….addictions (alcohol and opiates). Check. Heavy touring schedules. Check. Rehab. Check. Mental health issues/psychiatric institutions. Check. […]
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