Demons

Folk guitarist releases precursor to second album.

After a 2011 spent touring the nation with the likes of Frank Turner, two headline tours of England and his first ever festival headline slot at Cheltenham's 2000Trees festival in support of his debut album (Outside There's A Curse, Xtra Mile Recordings), folk guitarist Ben Marwood spent most of 2012 constructing a second record, taking a break only to play to a sold-out Camden Barfly with Billy Bragg and – at the invitation of aforementioned Turner and Xtra Mile - half-dance, half-shuffle on a replica of Glastonbury Tor at the opening ceremony of London 2012 in front of a TV audience of seventeen squillion or so.

Having just finished celebrating ten years of solo shows played all over the nation (this event celebrated mostly by building a DIY webstore and sitting at a desk), Marwood is preceding the launch of his as-yet-untitled second album with two digital EPs of new material released on the same day - one a split record with good friends Quiet Quiet Band, the other the Demons EP, both released through long-time supporters and friends Josaka Music.

With the new album looming, Demons is the perfect introduction to the new record; the full-band numbers played with a little help from his friends - from the super-chorus of the new album-bound title track (complete with a guitar solo capable of burning a hole in the nearest wall), to the sparse, driven two minutes of 'Tampa International' – dotted amongst the quiet, haunting fingerpicked solo acoustic folk songs that earned him notable support from Kerrang!, Rocksound, BBC Introducing, Xfm and Steve Lamacq to name but a few ('All Teeth On Skin', 'You Can Run Away For Money').

Self-managed, self-booked and with another two headline tours expected for 2013 plus a Rocksound covermount CD appearance scheduled for a few weeks after this release, Marwood is ready to punch above his weight yet again.