Brooke Bentham - 'All My Friends Are Drunk'
A magical songstress on themes of contemplation and self-reflection; Brooke Bentham’s first release of the year comes in the form of ‘All My Friends Are Drunk’ – an ode to lost youth.
Hazy, reverberated, guitars create a cocoon of warmth that envelops you whilst Bentham’s wistful vocals take you on an internal journey of observing the world around you and watching as it changes right before your eyes – sometimes too fast for you to keep up with – “I can’t feel time / it doesn’t burden me / sometimes it’s like I don’t exist.” Bentham is currently working on an album with Bill Ryder-Jones. Speaking of the new single she says: “I wrote the lyrics about growing older, and growing apart, and learning about yourself.” The single explores “this kind of state where you float around and nothing is too heavy, but it quickly descends into this train of thought: what happened? When did that happen?” This is the kind of narrative that has always oozed through Bentham's world, and as the new single shows, it is something that she will continue to explore on the album.
Words by Tyler Damara Kelly
‘All My Friends Are Drunk’ is out on AllPoints now with more music to follow soon. Brooke has also just announced a free solo show on Monday the 9th of December at The Islington.
OCTOBER – (All Oct Dates Supporting Bill Ryder-Jones)
1st, CCA, Glasgow
2nd, Matthias Church, London
3rd, St Matthias Church London
4th, Upper Chapel, Sheffield
5th, The Brewery, Kendal
6th, Band on the wall, Manchester
NOVEMBER – (All dates below supporting Sam Fender except 9th Dec*)
22nd, Manchester Academy, Manchester
23rd, Guild of Students Liverpool, Liverpool
25th, O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow
26th, Rock City, Nottingham
28th, O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds
30th, Brighton Dome, Brighton
DECEMBER
2nd, Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
4th, O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol
5th, O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham
7th, O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
9th, The Islington, London (Free headline solo show)*
10th, O2 Academy Brixton, London
11th, O2 Academy Brixton, London
13th, Great hall, Cardiff
14th, O2 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth
16th, Olympia, Dublin
17th, Ulster hall, Belfast
19th, O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield