Benjamin Shaw (musician)

Benjamin Shaw
Genres	Indie, alternative, folk, experimental, lo-fi
Occupation(s)	Musician, artist
Labels	Audio Antihero
Associated acts	Jack Hayter, Broken Shoulder, Nosferatu D2, Fighting Kites

Benjamin Shaw is an English musician and artist based in London. He has recorded for a number of different labels but is a mainstay of Audio Antihero records.

Benjamin Shaw released his debut EP "I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got" in October 2009 on Audio Antihero which saw airplay from BBC 6 Music on the Tom Ravenscroft,Gideon Coe,Steve Lamacq,Jon Holmes and Tom Robinson shows and positive reviews from publications such as The Skinny,The 405, The Music Fix, This Is Fake DIY,Clash Music and The Line of Best Fit who remarked "If you think you've heard the like of Benjamin Shaw before, think again. TLOBF recommended.".

In October 2011 it was announced on sites like Drowned in Sound,Bearded and This Is Fake DIY that he would be releasing first full-length album, "There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet". He would begin promoting the album with a series of sessions for the likes of The Fly, The 405,This Is Fake DIY,Triple R, The Line Of Best Fit,Dandelion Radio and Resonance FM.

The debut LP "There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet" was released on 21 November to positive reviews. Drowned in Sound called it "superb,"Clash Music remarked that Shaw was "an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments," The Line of Best Fit claimed "you wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does," Is This Music? awarded it 4/5 and called it "one of the better records of the year" and MusicOMH gave it 4/5 and hailed it as a "truly special album." Album tracks "The Birds Chirp & The Sun Shines" and "Interview" were given multiple plays on the Tom Ravenscroft and Gideon Coe BBC 6 Music shows, as were the album's first single "Somewhere Over the M6" and its B-side "Pig".

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