Mr Ben & the Bens
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Mr Ben & the BensAge Range: 16+
Cult DIY outfit and BBC 6 music favourites Mr Ben & the Bens return in 2024 to the Gregson Centre!
After years of steadily touring the back and even-further-back of beyond in the UK, as well as some of the island’s most beloved venues, Ben found himself taking a well-earned hiatus during 2023. Hibernating in his Sheffield studio in an old pewter factory, and in between working as a full-time potter come illustrator, he penned a set of contemplative songs which would later become a brand new 10 track LP ‘Small Wide World’ via Bingo Records.
Lyrically, kitchen sink realism winds its way around a set of songs jam packed with melancholic melody. ‘So long Sympathy’ speaks of fragile ego and our means of combatting this, and ‘Penny Drop’ of the loudest voice in the room disarmed by a junior colleague. Ben aims to disarm hostility in both society and the self with sensitive, personal sentiment.
Date
Friday 7 June 2024 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM (UTC+01)Location
The Gregson Community and Arts Centre
33-35 Moorgate, Lancaster, LA1 3PY