I dag er Brendan Benson måske bedst kendt som sanger, sangskriver og guitarist i The Raconteurs, hvor Jack White som bekendt også slår sine folder. Hvis dette er sandt, så er det en skam, for Brendan Benson har udgivet fire fine soloalbum, hvor især Lapalco fra 2002 gjorde det godt.
Den 23. april udgiver Benson sit femte soloalbum – What Kind of World – hvilket sker på hans eget selskab Readymade Records, da alle andre selskaber ifølge ham selv har droppet ham.
It’s the usual story with me – every album that I’ve recorded, I’ve had to find a new label… I just keep getting dropped!
Det nye album er indspillet på analogt udstyr Nashville-studiet Welcome to 1979 – og det er Benson selv, der har produceret. Om det udtaler Benson:
Because it sounds better, honestly. I haven’t had much luck working with producers and I think I’m to blame for that. I don’t mean that I’m a control freak… or maybe I am when it comes to my own thing, I don’t know. Working with The Raconteurs would prove that theory wrong – it was very collaborative. I just have more fun doing it on my own, I guess.
Brendan Benson tager på tour i Europa i maj, men endnu er der ikke offentliggjort nogen koncerter i Danmark.
Tracklisten til What Kind of World:
What Kind of World
Bad for Me
Light of Day
Happy Most of the Time
Keep Me
Pretty Baby
Here in the Deadlights
Met Your Match
Thru the Ceiling
No One Else but You
Come On
On the Fence
Hør nummeret “Bad For Me” her:
Brendan Benson – Bad for Me by lojinx
