Name: Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Newport
Start: 2024-11-21T19:30:00+00:00
Location: 14 High Street, NP20 1FW Newport, United Kingdom

Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Support TBC
21/11/24
£16
Doors 7:30
16+
Artistic transformation is often associated with a blast of fanfare – the dramatic unveiling of a new look, or lofty announcement of the revelation that prompted such a change. In the case of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, reinvention transpires with significantly more subtlety on his latest album, Some Things Break.
“It feels like a new voice, in a way." the York-born artist says. "I guess a more human and perhaps a more surrendered voice. Learning to hold on to certain things and let go of others
with as much grace as possible...I feel like I’m hiding less on this record. Ultimately, I think it’s a record about a kind of slow acceptance that some things break and for me - sometimes that’s
necessary for healing”
Fans of Leftwich’s earlier work will associate him with a rich but pared-back acoustic singer-songwriter sound. Hit songs such as “Atlas Hands” and “Shine” – both from his Top 40 debut Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm – were infused with a charming wistfulness, and the yearning for sweet escape. Fans and critics alike were struck by this new artist’s disarming honesty; his lyrics were lauded for their candidness and vulnerability.