Benjamin Francis Leftwich returns 5 years after his first album Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm.The death of his father from lung cancer in April 2013 was the event that triggered the writing of this album, and which permeates the entire opus.After The Rain is Benjamin making peace with himself.Tilikum, which opens the album, was written in the living room facing Ben's father's old house and represents the true trigger of the creative process of''After The Rain''. Energy is a concept that fuels everything Ben touches.From his lifelong passion for hip-hop to his obsession with playlists of his favorite songs, the color and vitality of this album could only come from a man devoted body and soul to music.From Mayflies, a track built around a dark electronic sample, to Some Other Arms, a disarming confession written during his stay in Sydney after a selfish breakup, Ben's horizons continue to expand.On Summer, his light and gentle voice settles over a blooming soundscape, while on the final track Just As I Was Waking Up, Ben returns to something more stripped-down, alone with his acoustic guitar.
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