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01. Bennett Wilson Poole - I Saw Love
02. Bennett Wilson Poole - Waiting For The Wave To Break
03. Bennett Wilson Poole - I Wanna Love You (But I Can't Right Now)
04. Bennett Wilson Poole - Help Me See My Way
05. Bennett Wilson Poole - Cry At The Movies
06. Bennett Wilson Poole - Ready To Serve
07. Bennett Wilson Poole - Yvonne
08. Bennett Wilson Poole - Heart Songs
09. Bennett Wilson Poole - Tie-Dye T-Shirt
10. Bennett Wilson Poole - The Sea And The Shore
ARTIST
TITLE
I Saw A Star Behind Your Eyes, Don't Let It Die
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
ZAP 002LP ZAP 002LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/18/2023

LP version. Nearly five years on from their acclaimed debut, Bennett Wilson Poole reveal the follow up. That eponymous first album was only ever intended as a one-off collaborative project. A response to the murder of MP Jo Cox, it was something of a fresh take on Crosby Stills Nash and Young's classic protest song "Ohio." The release saw Bennett Wilson Poole embraced by the Americana community, playing live on the Andrew Marr show and crowned as "UK Artist of the Year" at the 2019 UK Americana Awards. The new album came together in similar fashion; Robin (Bennett) and Danny (Wilson) started writing new songs late into the night whilst on tour to promote the first record, and before they knew it, there were enough songs to begin recording an unplanned second album. Where the first record drank deep from '70s US west coast folk-rock, the second has been heavily spiked with 1960s British psychedelia, even featuring a cover by legendary counterculture artist John Hurford. Tony Poole's meticulous and inspired production has spun Robin and Danny's fresh batch of songs into a delicate web of musical delight. Fans of the "spot the reference" game Tony started on the first record won't be disappointed this time either, as there are plenty more to be found here. As with the first album, the lyrics don't shy away from current affairs -- by the end of that year of touring, the band were already playing "I Wanna Love You (But I Can't Right Now)," reflecting on the state of US politics, yet optimistic that the problems are only temporary. Many of the tracks on the new album feature live rhythm section Fin Kenny (drums) and Joe Bennett (bass) for the first time on a BWP record. The title of the album comes from the lyrics of "Help Me See My Way," the first single, a prayer for strength in difficult times, the trippy animated video for which was originally issued during lockdown. The dreamy positivity of the line "I saw a star behind your eyes" is tempered with the plea "don't let it die away", a message which feels as important as ever two years on.