Benson's own newly-minted Readymade label has partnered with British indie Lojinx for the release of his new album What Kind Of World on 23rd April.
Self-produced and recorded in the analog-only environs of Nashville's "Welcome to 1979" studios, What Kind Of World features members of Big Star, Ryan Adams' the Cardinals and Phantom Planet.
The first taster is piano led ballad Bad For Me, a free download available online now…. http://snd.sc/AEoxwJ
Co-founder of The Raconteurs, Benson has spent a lifetime spread across four states, from a childhood spent on the outskirts of New Orleans, to his years in Detroit, Michigan, sojourns in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a more recent relocation to Nashville, Tennessee. With five solo albums, one as Well & Goode and two albums apiece with The Mood Elevator and Raconteurs, he has captured his own America in finely hewn power pop.
Created as an outlet for his own writing and production work, Benson's Nashville based label Readymade Records & Publishing will follow the release of What Kind Of World with the debut album from Young Hines in May, produced by Benson himself. Both albums will be released in the UK and Europe by Lojinx.
Brendan Benson will be performing the new material and beloved classics in a string of UK & European dates in May.
Tracklisting - What Kind Of World :
What Kind of World
Bad for Me
Light of Day
Happy Most of the Time
Keep Me
Pretty Baby
Here in the Deadlights
Met Your Match
Thru the Ceiling
No One Else but You
Come On
On the Fence
** Brendan Benson's "What Kind Of World" will be released in Europe on 23rd of April, on heavyweight vinyl LP in addition to CD and digital formats **
** Young Hines "Give Me My Change" out on 7th of May **
www.LOJINX.com
Brendan Benson - Bad for Me by lojinx