{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ben Marwood | image = Ben Marwood.JPG | image_size = | origin = [[Reading, Berkshire]], England | occupation = Guitarist/singer-songwriter | instrument = Guitar, vocals | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[folk punk]] | years_active = 2002-present | label = [[Xtra Mile Recordings]], Josaka Music, Broken Tail Records | associated_acts = [[Frank Turner]], [[Oxygen Thief]], [[Jim Lockey & The Solemn Sun]] | website = }}
'''Ben Marwood''' is an English singer-songwriter from [[Reading, Berkshire]], England.<ref name="getreading dreaming of bed">{{cite news | url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/entertainment/music/local_bands/s/2085983_the_session_why_ben_marwoods_dreaming_of_bed | title=The Session: Why Ben Marwood's dreaming of bed | work=[[Reading Post]] | date=20 January 2011 | accessdate=11 October 2011 | author=Minard, Jenny | location=Reading | quote=Reading folk-angst singer Ben Marwood [...]}}</ref><ref name="readingchronicle ben marwood">{{cite news | url=http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/theguide/goingout/articles/2011/07/07/52862-ben-marwood-and-co-at-club-velocity/ | title=Ben Marwood and co at Club Velocity | work=[[Reading Chronicle]] | date=7 July 2011 | accessdate=11 October 2011 | location=Reading | quote=[...] Reading's finest anti-folk singer-songwriter, Ben Marwood [...] | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516132422/http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/theguide/goingout/articles/2011/07/07/52862-ben-marwood-and-co-at-club-velocity/ | archivedate=16 May 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> As part of the contemporary London folk scene, Marwood has performed alongside [[Frank Turner]], [[Chris T-T]] and [[Emily Barker]] amongst others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tracksmonkeyswithlasers.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/frank-turner-friends-the-union-chapel-1912/|title=Tracks Monkeys With Lasers|date=23 December 2009 }}</ref>
==Musical career== Playing solo shows from 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/webstore-cometh.html|title=The webstore cometh|date=7 April 2012|publisher=Blogger|first=Ben|last=Marwood|quote=[...]Aldershot's West End Centre on March 13, 2002 [...]}}</ref> in 2008 Marwood released his debut mini-album, ''[[This Is Not What You Had Planned]]'' to some critical acclaim,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5079631.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616182713/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5079631.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2011|title=Five Little Secrets by Ben Marwood|date=5 November 2008|accessdate=7 February 2009|work=[[The Times]] | location=London | first=Stuart | last=Anderson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-mag.me.uk/Articles/Ben-Marwood-This-Is-Not-What-You-Had-Planned-LP/|title=Ben Marwood – This Is Not What You Had Planned|date=28 June 2008|accessdate=7 February 2009|publisher=The Mag|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914173125/http://www.the-mag.me.uk/Articles/Ben-Marwood-This-Is-Not-What-You-Had-Planned-LP/|archivedate=14 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> followed by a three-way split album entitled ''Exclamation at Asterisk Hash'' which also featured friends [[Oxygen Thief]] and Jim Lockey. Both were released on Broken Tail Records, a small indie label run by Marwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/01/album-review-ben-marwood-outside-theres.html|title=Album review: Ben Marwood – Outside There's A Curse|publisher=Alter The Press|first=Connor|last=O'Brien|quote=[...]Ben's own label Broken Tail Records[...]}}</ref> The debut album ''[[Outside There's A Curse]]'' was released on London-based [[Xtra Mile Recordings]] on 31 January 2011 to further critical acclaim, with ''[[Kerrang!]]'' awarding it a score of four out of a possible five Ks and ''[[Rocksound]]'' awarding an eight out of ten.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://presscounselpr.blogspot.com/2011/04/ben-marwood-new-single-singalong-and.html|title=Ben Marwood – New single 'Singalong' and Frank Turner support tour|publisher=Press Counsel PR}}</ref> The album release was supported by two national headline tours alongside [[Oxygen Thief]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/news/national/12088/Ben+Marwood+To+Release+Debut+Album|title=Ben Marwood To Release Debut Album|publisher=Glasswerk.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/uk-tour-dates-confirmed.html|title=uk tour dates confirmed|publisher=Blog: ben marwood smells funny|first=Ben|last=Marwood}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.com/2011/08/something-for-weekends.html|title=Something for the weekends|publisher=Blog: ben marwood smells funny|first=Ben|last=Marwood}}</ref> and a support slot with Frank Turner in May 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://frank-turner.com/blog/2011/02/addenda/|title=Addenda|publisher=frankturner.com|first=Frank|last=Turner}}</ref> All undistributed copies of the album were subsequently destroyed in the arson attack on the [[Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation|Sony DADC]] warehouse during the [[2011 England Riots]] in August 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/09/independent-record-labels-stock-london-riots | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Independent record labels fear ruinous stock loss in London riots fire | date=9 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.com/2011/08/things-i-have-done-in-past-month.html|title=Things I have done in the past month|publisher=Blog: ben marwood smells funny|first=Ben|last=Marwood}}</ref> Marwood is a good friend of Turner's and was part of his extended backing band at the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/frank-turner/65194|title=Frank Turner opens up about 'weird' experience playing Olympics opening ceremony|publisher=NME.com|date=28 July 2012|quote=[...]joined by an extended version of his band the Sleeping Souls that also included Jim Lockey, Ben Marwood and Emily Barker[...]}}</ref> and also appeared in the video for Turner's single ''[[Love Ire & Song|Long Live the Queen]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RbNdwY4ujw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/_RbNdwY4ujw |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Frank Turner – Long Live the Queen|website=[[YouTube]] |date=12 September 2008 |accessdate=7 February 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
After unreleased material featured on a couple of compilation appearances towards the end of 2011, BBC News reported that Marwood was working on a second album.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://xtramilerecordingsltd.blogspot.com/2011/09/xmr-draft.html|title=Xtra Mile High Club Vol. 3: Yanks Vs Limeys (Oh…and 1 Kraut)|publisher=Xtra Mile Recordings|date=1 September 2011|access-date=23 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001253/http://xtramilerecordingsltd.blogspot.com/2011/09/xmr-draft.html|archive-date=26 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://engineerrecords.com/release/lamp-light-the-fire-a-compilation-of-quieter-songs/|title=Lamp Light The Fire: A Compilation Of Quiet(ER) Songs|publisher=Engineer Records}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-15702326 | work=BBC News | title=Ben Marwood working on new album | date=18 November 2011}}</ref> It was confirmed in a blog post on 23 December 2012 that the new album would follow in 2013 and was preceded by a five-song EP featuring re-recorded live takes of previous songs entitled ''Incidents/Accidents'', released via [[Bandcamp]] on a pay-what-you-like basis.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/an-ep-for-free.html|title=An EP for free|publisher=Ben Marwood smells funny (blog)|date=23 December 2012|quote=[...]two further digital EPs are heading your way in February [...] new album in May [...]|first=Ben|last=Marwood}}</ref>
Following the Bandcamp release, two further digital EPs were released in February 2013 through Josaka Music, ''Demons'' and ''Ben Marwood & Quiet Quiet Band Lay Low'', a split with Reading band Quiet Quiet Band which had shortened to ''Lay Low'' by the time it reached retailers,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/new-year-new-releases.html|title=New Year, New Releases|publisher=Ben Marwood smells funny (blog)|date=5 January 2013|quote=[...]two new EPs available digitally, one my very own work and one shared with my friends Quiet Quiet Band[...]|first=Ben|last=Marwood}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Demons/dp/B00AYX6SDQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366740833&sr=8-1&keywords=ben+marwood|title='Demons' Amazon listing|publisher=Amazon UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AYX9IZQ/ref=sr_1_album_1_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B00AYX9J7S&qid=1366740897&sr=1-1|title='Lay Low' Amazon listing|publisher=Amazon UK}}</ref> after which [[Rock Sound]] announced that the new album ''Back Down'' would be released on 13 May 2013 through [[Xtra Mile Recordings]]. A headline UK tour was subsequently announced which also featured prominent members of the underground UK acoustic scene, as well as a video for the single ''Under Lock and Key'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://benmarwoodsmellsfunny.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/back-down-2013-more-show-announcements.html|title=Back Down 2013: More Show Announcements|publisher=Ben Marwood smells funny (blog)|date=1 April 2013|first=Ben|last=Marwood}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/ben-marwood-video-album-announcement|title=Ben Marwood To Release 'Back Down' In May|publisher=Rock Sound|date=20 March 2013}}</ref> before heading to the US as opening support for Frank Turner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.whatstheruckus.com/2013/08/watch-this-ben-marwood-usa-tour-video.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024165645/http://www.whatstheruckus.com/2013/08/watch-this-ben-marwood-usa-tour-video.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 October 2013|title=Ben Marwood USA tour video|publisher=The Ruckus|date=29 August 2013}}</ref>
Outside of performing, Marwood also hosts a monthly show on a weekly alternative podcast "edit radio".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editradio.org/|title=[edit] radio website|website=Editradio.org}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== *''[[Outside There's a Curse]]'' (2011) *''Back Down'' (2013) *''Get Found'' (2017)
===EPs=== *''goodPROPAGANDA'' (2003) *''Give Up.. just once, give up'' (2005) *''[[This Is Not What You Had Planned]]'' (2008) *''Incidents/Accidents'' (2012) *''Demons'' (2013)
===Split EPs=== *''Ben Marwood vs. Heartwear Process'' (7" vinyl – 2007) *''Exclamation at Asterisk Hash'' (''w/Oxygen Thief & Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun'' – 2009) *''Lay Low'' (''w/Quiet Quiet Band'' – 2013)
===Compilation appearances=== *''Four By Four EP'' – "More Good Propaganda" (2007) *''Four By Four More EP'' – "Question Marks?" (2008) *''Xtra Mile High Club Vol. 3'' – "We Are No Longer Twenty-Five [Mile High Version]" (2011) *''Lamp Light the Fire'' – "Horatio Dies" (2011)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.benmarwood.com Official site] *[http://www.myspace.com/benmarwoodmusic Ben Marwood on Myspace] *[http://www.myspace.com/brokentailrecords Broken Tail Records on MySpace]
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