 
After many years of touring the UK and releasing
EP’s Ben Marwood released his debut album
‘Outside There’s A Curse’ in
2011 and since then he has been busy on the road
touring the album but he also found some time
to pen his second album ‘Back Down’
which has just been released on Xtra Mile Recordings.
‘Back Down’ follows on perfectly from
‘Outside There’s A Curse’ musically
things are very similar with Marwood telling a
good story with his quirky voice but this time
around the production is spot on and the overall
solid feel of the album should hopefully see Marwood
follow in the footsteps of his regular touring
partners Frank Turner and Chris T-T.
‘For The Skin And Bone’ opens ‘Back
Down’, and instrumentally the song is really
basic sounding with Marwood strumming his acoustic
guitar yet it is the power of Marwood’s
vocals which really draw you in and leave you
feeling mesmerised, the song is fairly short coming
to an end just as you feel that it is getting
going but that is when the magical ‘These
Are The Days When You Can’t Go Home’
kicks in and Marwood sings his little heart out
in such an infectious way.
The randomly titled ‘ The Soundtrack To
The Trailer For Your Miserable Christmas Special’
is extremely weird and sounds slightly out of
place as it just features a xylophone ping running
for just under a minute, however you can forgive
Marwood for this as moments later ‘Under
Lock And Key’ kicks in which happens to
be the strongest track on the album especially
when the infectious chorus comes in with Marwood
singing “They should keep someone like me
under lock and key” over and over again.
‘This Industry Eats It’s Young’,
‘I Promise You That It Will Be Ok’
and ‘We Are No Longer Twenty-Five’
are both perfect listens for the more mature Ben
Marwood fan’s with the later of the three
being a massive sing-a-long number which is easily
up their alongside ‘Under Lock And Key’
as one of the strongest tracks on the album.
‘Back Down’ is easily as good as the
debut album from Ben Marwood if not better and
I feel that it is time for Ben Marwood to step
out of the shadows and get the recognition that
he deserves, if Chuck Ragan is ever on the lookout
for a UK singer songwriter to take part in his
long running Revival tour then in my eyes Ben
Marwood would be the perfect candidate as he now
has two solid albums to his name and so much touring
experience.
4/5
Review by Trigger
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