Ben Howard

Tone71

Im sure this has been covered but I have only recently got into him, so clearly I now need a new guitar to have set up in cgcggc tuning.

BigMonka

I really like his first album, its got some great guitar playing and some brilliant songwriting. But I must say that I haven't heard anything I've liked from the second album - it all seems a bit, uummm self indulgent maybe, and lacks the spark that drew me to the first one.

Moss

Some interesting recording techniques though -  http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ben-howard-talks-tones-tantrums-and-orchestral-guitars-617600/7

Tone71

I have only been listening to Every Kingdom so yet to hear the second one, only 4 years late!

Teetonetal

2nd Album is much harder listen, it's all a bit muddy to me (maybe that's due to his love of Strymon delays lol)

Live the tunes on this album worked a lot better, they are more atmospheric and moody than the record suggests, 

IFWWW is certainly a very different record to Tragic Kingdom, no light touch at all and the acoustic is almost redundant, he plays a lot of LP on it. Still has some good songs though, End of the Affair is a stand out as is Conrad. Without doubt though Tragic Kingdom is the more accessible record and I think he is a far more interesting acoustic player than electric.

He's coped a lot of flak over the IFWWW tour though as he pretty much refused to play any songs off Tragic Kingdom, I actually liked that though, It so rare to hear an act play an entire new release and form a show around the record. Brave though, lots of people were pissed off at the gig I went to.

I look forward to seeing how he develops over time, I think he could have a very interesting career

badlydrawnbanjo

His bass player is lovely.