Benjamin Francis Leftwich

to release new single on November 7th

‘Shine’

following Top 20 debut album

‘Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm’

“A majestic debut” – The Fly

“Brit-folk’s new voice” – NME

“A serious new talent” – The Sunday Times

Delicate yet upbeat, ‘Shine’ perfectly balances Ben’s subtle guitar with his soft and unique voice. With layered hand-claps combining with aching harmonies, this is three minutes of pure positive elegance, further proving that the excitement surrounding Ben as one of the most compelling new prospects of the year is justified.

The single follows in the wake of the acclaim that has been building since the release of his 2010 EP ‘A Million Miles Out’. Ben’s debut album ‘Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm’ was recently Album of the Week on Radio 1 and XFM as well as Album of the Day on BBC 6 Music. His debut single ‘Box Of Stones’ was also awarded the coveted Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record In The World, adding to a list of honours including multiple Radio 1 Record Of The Weeks and a Maida Vale session with Fleet Foxes. Ben’s cover of Arcade Fire’s ‘Rebellion’ from the Dermot O’Leary Sessions for Radio 2 has been downloaded over 45,000 times, with ‘Atlas Hands’ from the ‘Million Miles Out’ EP being chosen as one of Jo Whiley’s tracks of 2010.

Following on from a summer of festival-storming sets, Ben is currently embarking on a huge October tour that will see him perform at 28 venues across the country with his first show kicking off in Stockton’s Georgian Theatre on September 30th. The tour will head to the capital on October 26th where Ben will perform a sold-out show at Islington’s legendary Union Chapel, before coming to a close in Belfast on November 3rd.

Ben follows his Autumn UK tour by announcing a new London show for 2012, which takes place at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on February 22nd; a huge step up from his sold-out Union Chapel show this October.

16 – Leicester, Musician

17 – Cambridge, University – ARU

18 – Oxford, O2 Academy2

20 – Bristol , Fleece

21 – Exeter, The Cavern

22 – Cardiff, Chapter Arts Centre – SWN

23 – Southampton, Talking Heads

24 – Brighton, Komedia studio room

26 – London, Union Chapel

27 – Birmingham, Library

28 – Preston, 53 Degrees

29 – York, National Centre For Early Music

30 – Lancaster, Library

NOVEMBER

01 – Liverpool, Mojo – Music Week

02 – Dublin, Sugar Club

03 – Belfast, Stiff Kitten

FEBRUARY 2012

22 – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire