My debut album is out now

I've just released my self-titled debut album, 'Cousin Ben'. I'm offering all my subscribers a free copy. I hope you enjoy it.

Mar 11, 2025

Hi Everyone,

This is just a quick note to say that I’ve just released by debut album, Cousin Ben. It’s available on all the usual streaming services:

You can also purchase/download the album via Bandcamp

As a special thank you to all my subscribers, I’m offering everyone that wants one a FREE digital copy of the record.

If you’d like one, please just type ‘yes please’ in the comments section below, and I’ll email you a special code and a link where you can claim your free copy.

All I ask in return is that you LIKE this page and also maybe share the album with others you think might enjoy it and generally spread the word!

A huge thank you must go to all the people that helped make the record, but especially to my producer, Chris, who you can also find on Substack below.

I might write more about the process of making the record sometime soon, but in the meantime here are the liner notes:

All songs written by Ben Murray

Produced by Chris Thorpe-Tracey
Engineered and mixed by Owen Turner at Sick Room Studios, Norfolk
Mastered by Jon Clayton at One Cat Studios, London

Ben Murray: vocals, guitar, drums, percussion
Chris Thorpe-Tracey: bass guitar, piano, organ, string arrangements
Johny Lamb: modular synthesiser, guitar, backing vocals
Jenny Macro: guitar, backing vocals
Owen Turner: guitar, percussion
Ivan McCready: cello
Franziska Mattishent: violin
Edric Brown: percussion

Cover photo: Dave Murray

Thanks: Dave and Trish Murray, Cliff and Noreen Hopcroft, Phillip and Margaret Murray, all the Murrays, Moores, Hopcrofts, Wivells, Ebblewhites and Collets, Julia and PK, Will Bramley, James Brackpool, Edric Brown, Chris and Rifa, Owen and Maria, Johny Lamb, Jen Macro, Lindsey Scott, Jon Clayton, James Morrison, Simon Kobayshi, Marc Ollington, Neil Witherow, Chris Davies, Ruth Marshall, Julia Smith, Nicola Smith, Madeleine Murphy, the Three Crowns crew, and all the Harpers, Ryders and Kingslands. Oh, and Marcel Proust.

And here’s the lyric video for the opening track:

Bite My Truant Pen

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