Ben Marwood

Ben Marwood

Ben Marwood is an English singer-songwriter from Reading, United Kingdom. He begins playing solo shows in 2002 and builds a following with an acoustic, folk-influenced style that he describes through recordings and split releases rather than a large band line-up.

Early releases

His debut mini-album, This Is Not What You Had Planned, appears in 2008 on his own Broken Tail Records. A year earlier he releases the single Hold Your Breath. He also appears on the three-way split release Exclamation At Asterisk Hash, alongside Oxygen Thief and Jim Lockey, with three tracks on the record.

Albums

Marwood’s first full-length album, Outside There’s A Curse, arrives in 2011 on the independent London label Xtra Mile. The album is put together over more than a year, recorded on a digital eight-track on the floor of his bedroom, and contains ten tracks. It is followed by a headline tour of England and a support slot on Frank Turner’s UK tour of small venues, with songwriter Franz Nicolay also on the bill.

His second full album, Back Down, is released in 2013.

Label and reception

Xtra Mile also releases work by artists including Frank Turner, Chris T-T, Dive Dive, Beans on Toast and Crazy Arm. Outside There’s A Curse receives four Ks from Kerrang!, while Rocksound describes it as “bold, intelligent and wholesome”.