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Ben Watt announces new solo album, Storm Damage

By | Published on Wednesday 25 September 2019

Ben Watt

Everything But The Girl’s Ben Watt has announced that he will release a new solo album, titled ‘Storm Damage’, in the new year.

“I needed a fresh approach”, says Watt of his fourth solo LP. “The album came out of an intense period of personal anguish and political anger. Sometimes repeating yourself musically feels disrespectful to the sharpness of your feelings. You have to search for a new way to capture the energy”.

“My closest half-brother died unexpectedly in 2016, only four years after my half-sister”, he continues. “I got stuck for a year, angry inside and angry at the political world casually detonating around me. I felt half powerless, half driven. When the songs finally came, some were dark, yes, but there is always room for light. Always. I just tried to put that across”.

The first single from the album is ‘Sunlight Follows The Night’. Watch the video here:

The album will be released on 31 Jan. Tour dates will follow. Here they are:

27 Feb: Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
28 Feb: Glasgow, Oran Mor
29 Feb: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Cluny
1 Mar: Manchester, Deaf Institute
4 Mar: Sheffield, Greystones
5 Mar: Norwich, Arts Centre
6 Mar: Cambridge, Portland
7 Mar: Birmingham, Castle & Falcon
8 Mar: Liverpool, Phase One
10 Mar: Bristol, The Fleece
11 Mar: Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
12 Mar: Brighton, Komedia
14 Mar: London, Queen Elizabeth Hall



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