Ben Noble | Night Wakes
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(includes WAV, MP3, and press photos by Laura Nickel)
RELEASE CONCERT: 03.14.19 at Bryant Lake Bowl in Mpls
with guests Kara Laudon and Josh Tarp
7:00 - Kara Laudon
8:00 - Josh Tarp
9:00 - Ben Noble
6pm Doors
$9 adv | $11 door
Night Wakes is FCC CLEAN
For immediate release
BEN NOBLE TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE "NIGHT WAKES" ON 03.08.19
After releasing his first record Whisky Priest, Ben Noble went through a prolonged period of creative gloom. Writing, recording, and releasing his first record was a task Noble felt drawn to his whole life, but after slaying the figurative dragon, Noble felt empty, the creative well was dry. What now? What other story was there to tell? Did anyone even care?
Around this time, Noble also began seeing a professional counselor to face demons that had plagued him his whole life. The re-opening of long-scabbed-over wounds mixed with intense writer's block caused Noble to enter a season of "night wakes", or episodes of sharp anxiety that kept him up at night. A miscarriage in the winter of 2018 is what finally drove Noble to write the lyrics for what would become Night Wakes.
It is the lead single from his forthcoming record, which is on track to debut in the fall of 2019. Originally titled "An Open Letter To My Anxiety" it is an attempt to call out and fight against the darkness. We all face our demons when we wake at night.
Lyrics:
It's a long way back, the phantom scream that lies in wait for me
The night awakens all my demons, I can't go back
All the ways that I have memorized you
Let go
Oh the waking goes, in all the ways you seasoned for the wolf
It's a fight to rid my mind of all you borrowed, I can't go
All the ways that I have memorized you
Let go
I want to fight it all, I want to fight, I want to fight it all
The fray, the way the midnight oscillations come (back and forth and back)
I want to fight, want to fight it
The way the midnight modulates the wounds that stay from sleep to waking up
(and forth and back)
I want to fight, want to fight it
I want to fight it all
MUSIC VIDEO (release date 03.08.19 on The Current)
ABOUT BEN NOBLE
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Ben Noble is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter who released his debut album Whisky Priest in the Spring of 2017. Fully self-produced and recorded in a cabin, Whisky Priest is a journey of exacting introspection. Noble loves the contrast of serene, innocent melodies with a haunting chorus of falsetto voices. Live, he blends delicate melodies with electronic elements for a truly unique sonic experience.
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"Ben Noble's music is a sonic sanctuary" - CITY PAGES
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"Instant chills" - SLEEPING BAG STUDIOS
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CONTACTS
Press: Krista Vilinskis at Tinderbox Music: krista@tinderboxmusic.com
Booking: Ben Noble at ben@bennoblemusic.com
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