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Benjamin Shaw
Blues / Grime / 2-step

Too tempting - even for Jesus



London
United Kingdom

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Member Since6/12/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.benjaminshaw.net
InfluencesNeil Young and that Tom Waits fellar. The Lemonheads and that Sparklehorse type. Pavement and those Sebadoh buggers. Mr Gram Parsons and the John Prine and the Bob Dylan and the Grandpa Jones and the Roy Hogsed and the Neutral Milk Hotel and the Hefner and the Smog and the Jules Hatfield and the Silver Jews and the shit:

Sounds Like"strange noises and weird spun out moments of quiet noise... "

"(slightly unpleasant)"

"cracked vocals resonate over a fragile guitar"
Record LabelAudio Antihero
Type of LabelMajor


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'I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got' EP is available for order. So please do. I'm really quite happy with it. You can order by clicking on the Pox image below which will take you to our lovely friends at Audio Antihero.
All their lovely prices include postage, which is nice.


Thank you.
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Born to soiled genes and a small northern town playing second fiddle to the despair-Mecca of Blackpool, life was never going to be all beer and skittles.

After a period of particular awfulness and a short descent into madness, Benjamin Shaw awoke sober one lunchtime, to find himself happily married and living in Melbourne, Australia. So with steps full of spring and a newly gained ‘can-do’ spirit, the happy couple seized the day and followed their hearts up the river of golden dreams, all the way to a tiny, grey, one-bedroom flat in North London.

Lurching from one disastrous Customer Service job to the next, and each day turning to nought but filth, there was one of two paths Shaw could take to escape – either write the next great British novel, boldly staking claim to all that is good and pure in the land; or buy a pushbike and pedal himself into oncoming traffic. Luckily, Shaw had neither talent nor bicycle clips, and instead sat in bars and wrote songs.

’I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got’ is six and a half songs of nausea, noise, love, desperation, hope and hilarious anecdote.

With passions for Sparklehorse, Neutral Milk Hotel, Young and Waits; and combining abstract storytelling with fiery musical cluster bombs, Benjamin Shaw has given us a beautifully bitter debut that boasts both fragile innocence and homicidal fantasy - an unforgettable and purifying experience. Get the Pox.

Press:

“as good as Bill Smog and that Palace Brothers guy.” Nic Dalton, Lemonheads

“I just listened to I Got the Pox...it was as magnificent at the end of the 3rd listen as it was at the start of the first.” Jack Hayter, Hefner

“slightly unpleasant … it’s the deal of the century” Audio Democracy

“All I really remembered was him playing tuning pipes as a mouth organ.” Theo Graham-Brown, Pocus Whiteface



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SoftlySoftly

SoftlySoftly



Nov 16 2009 9:25 PM

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Lovely new venue - Albert & Pearl, 181 Upper Street Islington - in December - first THURSDAY - 3rd
Featured sets, floor spots and a folky music session in the bar room!
Annie Accidental

Annie Accidental



Nov 12 2009 2:59 PM

hallo, thank you for the add, glad you like my tunes! annie.x
COLOSSUS Last gig on 20th Nov

COLOSSUS Last gig on 20th Nov



Nov 11 2009 2:18 PM

Glad to know your gonna be there man! So much has happened over the years and I'm glad you are getting more exposure.

Rock on, in a folky way, of course!

Spider and the gang xx
Elliot Hall

Elliot Hall



Nov 10 2009 8:57 AM

just ordered your album. hopefully the postman will bring it soon and not chuck it through some randon letterbox like he normally does.
a Singer of Songs

a Singer of Songs



Nov 9 2009 4:42 PM

and the postman came and brought true beauty. i have been listening all day, non-stop.

everything about this is magic my friend. the artwork, the songs, the singing. the love...

COLOSSUS Last gig on 20th Nov

COLOSSUS Last gig on 20th Nov



Nov 8 2009 11:05 PM

Hey man! How are you? Long time no speak?

Spider xx
Joseph McNulty

Joseph McNulty



Nov 7 2009 8:48 PM

haha glad to hear it, man
jack hayter

jack hayter



Nov 7 2009 10:37 AM

Somewhere over the M6 is lovely in its melancholy glory.
Joseph McNulty

Joseph McNulty



Nov 6 2009 1:07 AM

dude nice video
a Singer of Songs

a Singer of Songs



Nov 5 2009 5:31 PM

nice video. i must say the line is very very fine... :)

everyday i look out my window for the postman.
CLUB. THE. MAMMOTH.

CLUB. THE. MAMMOTH.



Nov 3 2009 2:08 PM

Join us this November @ THE HOBBY HORSE, for the launch of our new weekly FREE Fridays.


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Click on the flyer above for more details on our November listings.

Also joining us this month are: Electricity in Our Homes, The Duloks, Man Flu and Ice, Sea, Dead People to name but a few...

Cheers!
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Art o' folk

Sam Nolin



Nov 2 2009 4:01 PM

This "poster" is really cool, so don't worry. Your french is not so bad.
One day you really need to come in Lille for a gig, tell me when you're in the corner :) !
See you & Hope you're fine !
All best.

Arthur.
Plum Green

Plum Green



Nov 2 2009 1:23 AM

oh yeas? Like who exactly? Just curious. Plum
Dress up like a Hooker, I’ll be Charlie Sheen

Dress up like a Hooker, I’ll be Charlie Sheen



Oct 31 2009 9:13 PM

just watched the video, very fine acting indeed. and it reminded me that i still needed to order a copy of the pox. which i've done.

hopefully the strength of the pound is not a direct relation to the speed of the post.

--
jeremy
Liam Butler

Liam Butler



Oct 31 2009 6:27 PM

you have my vote, my support and my endorsement
jack hayter

jack hayter



Oct 31 2009 5:03 PM

And you fine Sir may have one of these...please!




Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive

Trent Miller & The Skeleton Jive



Oct 31 2009 2:16 PM

hey ben,
congratulations for your album!
cant wait to get a copy, maybe we can swap our albums next time we meet?

all the best
T
Elliot Makes Noise

Elliot Makes Noise



Oct 31 2009 12:02 AM

Sign me up, sir, sign me up! One cd ordered and on it's way!

and a bargainous price to boot! Looking forward to it already..
thanks for letting me know!!
lessons in time

lessons in time



Oct 30 2009 10:53 PM

so a 'half a cow' is cheaper is it? haha, it looks great; i can't wait to get my hands on one


Kiwimusoinmelbourne

Kiwimusoinmelbourne



Oct 27 2009 11:06 PM

Hey, How's it going?

I have'nt jeard from you in ages :), I hope everything is going well.

Thanks heaps for all your support!

-Aidan!
jack hayter

jack hayter



Oct 24 2009 4:23 PM

I just listened to I got the Pox...it was as magnificent at the end of the 3rd listen as it was at the staryt of the first . nice one Ben
Jack
Fraff

Fraff



Oct 21 2009 9:15 PM

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A new night of heavy live sounds and DJs to match in a new venue as dark and loud as necsary.


Next NHS features the mighty FRAFF and it's on SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER.


Following the storming first night of New Heavy Sounds in September (with the marvellous BO-NINGEN headlining), we're super excited about the next NHS night, with zombie-baiting wonders CHICKENHAWK supported by the brilliant heavy garage of BAD FOR LAZARUS, the tight'n'heavy FRAFF and Cardiff's great STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR.


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Adm £5 / £4 with flyer. 8 till late.

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New Heavy Sounds  Sunday 25 October

Joseph McNulty

Joseph McNulty



Oct 12 2009 8:47 PM

just ran over the album again. so great. hope all's well.
The David Whitwell Anticlimax

The David Whitwell Anticlimax



Oct 12 2009 12:48 PM

Ha ha, yes I was indeed the 'busker with change' character.  Your lyric "...picturing your limbs in a freezer" is still making me chuckle.  Take care, David.
Nya Shelley

Nya Shelley



Oct 11 2009 8:33 PM

You're welcome :)
Saw you at The Witches Hat last night - I especially liked the lyric about picturing someone's limbs in the freezer!
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