A standard bearer for Southern Gothic Americana noir, you don’t come to Ben de La Cour albums looking for an uplift to get you through the day, but his new album, Sweet Anhedonia, despite the comfortably numb evocation of the title, holds dark pleasures indeed.
Singer-songwriter Ben de la Cour’s Shadow Land is to get a European release next month. Watch the video for the title track…a song he wrote shortly after getting out of rehab…and wasn’t feeling too hot.
Ben de la Cour’s writing has been strengthened by his journey and while a little light at the end of the tunnel might have been welcomed, there’s darkness here you will want to immerse yourself in.
Born in London, but raised in Brooklyn, The High Cost of Living Strange is Ben de la Cour’s fourth album. Trading in what he terms Americanoir, this album won’t let you down.
