6.18 TU凸丨混凝草呈现英伦暖心民谣——Benjamin Francis Leftwich

2017-05-17 TU凸空间

【时间】2017年6月18日 20:30
【场地】TU凸空间
【地址】广州市越秀区广州大道中361-365号东方花苑首层
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2016年的“混凝草音乐节”上，来自英国的独立民谣歌手Benjamin Francis Leftwich用他细腻温柔的民谣情歌为在场乐迷留下了一段珍贵的午后回忆。带着新专辑《After the Rain》拨云见日的平静魅力，Benjamin的中国首秀可以说是去年”混凝草”的舞台上最让人感动的演出之一。如果你的“混凝草”记忆并没有随着冬去春来而渐渐冷却，那么这位民谣暖男也已经准备好再次把他的暖心歌声带回我们的耳边。

“混凝草”将在今年的音乐节开幕前，呈现Benjamin Francis Leftwich的回归演出。这次不单单是上海，Benjamin将带着他的暖心民谣游唱三城：6月16日，北京，Mao Livehouse；6月17日，上海，育音堂；6月18日，广州，TU凸空间。错过Benjamin“混凝草”首秀的乐迷这次能够更近距离地跟随他的歌声体味纯粹和平静之美，而我们也会在之后的活动中陆续揭秘更多2017年“混凝草音乐节”的信息。

Benjamin Francis Leftwich于1989年出生在英国约克郡，22岁即发行首张个人专辑《Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm》。他细腻冷静、散布忧愁和柔情的音乐风格让人联想到Damien Rice、Nick Drake等独立民谣先辈，也有着不逊于Bon Iver那般对辽阔和寂然的自然之美的描摹。

强烈的个人风格和音乐天赋给予了Benjamin极高的起点，《Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm》甫一出世就广受好评，以10万的全球销量和1.5亿的Spotify播放量跻身当年最佳专辑之一。

虽然在这之后，因父亲离世带来的灰暗岁月加剧了Benjamin歌声中的苍白惨淡，但他砥砺而行，通过音乐重焕生机，终于在去年交出了最新的录音室专辑《After the Rain》。正如专辑名所预示的，Benjamin在逆境中提炼破碎和悲情的心绪，最终雨过天晴般回赠岁月以优美和平静的音乐新世界，难能可贵地以一颗年轻之心刻画出世事沉浮之后的宽阔和隽永。

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Concrete & Grass Presents:
Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Late afternoon, Shanghai. Last year.
The main stage at Concrete & Grass 2016.
“In another life / like mayflies / we'll take over the sky
In another world / away from here.”
Many of us were already in other worlds. Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s set at our Place Less Ordinary was a gentle highlight: understated, with its heartbreakingly pretty melodies.
We’re delighted to be bringing him back to China for a series of solo headlining shows.
GUANGZHOU
Sunday, June 18: 8:30pm
T:Union TU凸空间
361-365 Guangzhou Ave (Mid)越秀区广州大道中361-365号
80 RMB presale / 120 door

Benjamin Francis Leftwich is the classic delicate songwriter. His songs are tender and timeless.
“A romantic’s delight, with a beautiful lilting voice and a way with words that belies his age.”

His life was thrown into an unexpected path after his huge 2011 debut album, Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm (100,000 copies worldwide;150 million Spotify plays and counting), when his father passed away from lung cancer.

The loss of a parent is one of the hardest things in life, and for Leftwich his father was also his number one source of inspiration.

But put a mind and voice like his through tragedy and hardship, and out it comes: heartbreaking, melancholy, shatteringly beautiful music.

In a world where electronic production is increasingly drowning out the acoustic guitar in the arsenal of the singer-songwriter, Benjamin Francis Leftwich is unafraid to stick to the classics. Expansive though his music may be, it’s always rooted in those six strings and that hollow wooden body.

His new collection of songs, 2016’s After the Rain, sees him channeling haunted spirits. “Leftwich sings, and the hurt in his voice accumulates with each word, making it easy to envision him as the outcasted lover his lyric paints: guitar-in-hand, shivering, waiting out in the dark for someone to take him by the lips and lead him inside.” (Pop Matters). It’s both haunting and calming.

Three-city tour, June 2017. Expect elegant acoustic beauty backed up by his painfully fragile voice. Pay attention to his words: they’re filled with quizzical melancholy and sensitive introspection.
Links:
Benjamin Francis Leftwich Official Website:
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