The slow, creeping influence of Bon Iver is beginning to take hold. From Skinny Love being performed on Britain's Got Talent (albeit in the form of Birdy's breathy take), to numerous acoustic-brandishing singer-songwriters working out how they can match a back story which involves backwoods cabins and mononucleosis, the quiet ones are on the rise. York-born Benjamin Francis Leftwich is one such troubled soul but on the evidence of Box Of Stones, may just be able to move out of Bon's quivering shadow. A delicate sigh of a song, its wispy melody, softly-strung vocals and misty lyrics conjure a familiar bleak-but-beautiful landscape but ultimately it's a uniquely English take on wilderness melancholy. One suspects Mr Iver would approve.
Box Of Stones by Benjamin Francis Leftwich - listen on Spotify here.
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