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Awake Is The New Sleep (Digipak) (CD)

By: Ben Lee (Artist)

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Ben Lee Artist Snapshot:

At the ripe old age of 13, Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee joined the garage-grunge band Noise Addict, who quickly attracted the patronage of both Mike D. from the Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. Some critically acclaimed recordings and well-received live shows followed, but the young band dissolved in the mid-1990s. Lee had already begun his solo career while in the band, releasing charming recordings of his intelligent, lo-fi acoustic pop. As he has continued his solo trajectory, Lee has experimented with a variety of pop forms while maintaining the literate, down-to-earth tunefulness of his earliest bedroom tapes.

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DISC 1 for Awake Is The New Sleep (Digipak) (CD) Album By Ben Lee (Artist)
1   Whatever It Is
2   Gamble Everything For Love
3   Begin
4   Catch My Disease
5   Apple Candy
6   Ache For You
7   Into The Dark
8   No Right Angles
9   Get Gotten
10   Close I've Come
11   Debt Collectors, The
12   We're All In This Together
13   Light
14   I'm Willing
 

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Review

Entertainment Weekly (No. 807, pp.78-9) - "[T]he once wunderkind [comes] into his own on this pleasant Sunday drive of an album." - Grade: B
Alternative Press (pp.134-136) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[H]e's never sounded more confident."

Title Note

Personnel include: Ben Lee (vocals, guitar, bass instrument, percussion); McGowan Southworth (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Brad Wood (vocals, saxophone, bass instrument, drums, percussion, programming); Lara Meyerratken (vocals, keyboards, drums, percussion); Rob Hann (bass instrument); Eric Gardner, Jason Schwartzman (drums); Chick Wolverton (percussion).

Recording information: Sea Grass, Valley Village, CA.

Setting heartbreak, love-triangle dramas, and 20-something life crises to achingly lovely folk-pop, Australian indie hero Ben Lee could easily have turned this album into a complete downer. Instead, with bright, irony-free humor, Lee sings about life's tribulations as if they were stones on the path to a better place. It's almost impossible to listen to this record and not feel a weight lifting off one's shoulders.

The songs here are both lyrically and musically upbeat, conveying an openhearted optimism that is utterly infectious. To this end, Lee writes simple melodies and arranges the songs for maximum sing-along impact; most of the tracks center on nimbly picked acoustic guitar and basic percussion. Lee explores his vocal range, from velvety highs in the chorus of "Catch My Disease" to gruffer, talkier tones in "Begin." "Gamble Everything for Love" is a seductive little charmer that could have been a single off of George Harrison's ALL THINGS MUST PASS. The album ends with a pair of heart-piercing number: "Light," clocking in at almost 10 minutes, builds in intensity and aims for heaven, layering saxes, cymbals, and feedback; the song segues gently into "I'm Willing," an earnest affirmation of faith.

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