
Ben Howard reveals gorgeous, introspective new track "Towing The Line"
17 April 2018, 17:00
| Written by
Laurence Day
Ben Howard has shared "Towing The Line", the second taste of forthcoming third LP Noonday Dream.
The tender, threadbare track follows lead single "A Boat To An Island On The Wall" in previewing the album, Howard's first since 2014's I Forgot Where We Were.
Howard's upcoming full-length is self-produced and was strung together in "numerous studios between South West France and South West England".
Howard has a number of UK and European shows planned (so far) for the months ahead. Find out the full details.
Tracklist:
- Nica Libres At Dusk
- Towing The Line
- A Boat To An Island On The Wall
- What the Moon Does
- Someone In The Doorway
- All Down The Mines (Interlude)
- The Defeat
- A Boat To An Island, Pt. 2 / Agatha's Song
- There's Your Man
- Murmurations
Noonday Dream is out 1 June via Island.
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