Ben Browning - Even Though (2018)

Australian producer and songwriter Ben Browning returns with the summer ready single “Sunshine Baby”. The first look at his upcoming sophomore album “Even Though,” “Sunshine Baby” opens with quiet pulsating synths before transforming into a kaleidoscopic swirl of groovy electronic guitar melodies and backwards tape sounds. Ben’s ephemeral voice glides over the song while fellow Australian artist Woodes provides the lover’s answer back in the track. “Sunshine Baby” is Ben’s first collaborative single, written as a homage to Italo disco and Takahashi from Yellow Magic Orchestra. “I kept hearing the song in my head as a duet and eventually I added the nu-romantic vocal to tell this story of new love,” Ben says of the track.

A long-time member of the band Cut Copy, Ben’s solo project sees him defining his personal musical identity pulling melodic inspiration from Brian Wilson, XTC and Paul McCartney. Ben’s 12-track sophomore album “Even Though” follows his debut 2015 full-length “Turns” and is a retrospective of Ben’s journey as a musician; from playing in high school and college bands to Cut Copy, to moving to the States from Australia.