New single from Ben Glover

Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, but originally from County Antrim, singer Ben Glover is releasing his new single, Sweet Wild Lily, next week.

The second single from Ben’s upcoming EP of the same name, it will be released digitally on Proper Records on October 6.

The four-track EP is scheduled for release in November.

“I feel that in the recording of Sweet Wild Lily we dropped into a new sound for me,” said Ben.

“It has an alt-country, Americana flavour, that hints at the folk-rock of 1970’s Laurel Canyon. The character of Lily is inspired by a composite of a few people I know. She is trying to find her way back home to herself. Maybe, though, we all have a bit of Lily in us, I mean, who hasn’t been lost? Who hasn’t been entangled by the world? Who hasn’t gotten stuck in the story we tell ourselves?”

The track features Belfast-based guitarist, Colm McClean.

Ben said: “Colm’s playing hugely shaped the feel of this recording.

“I recorded the vocals and acoustic in Nashville and sent it over to him with a little guidance on what direction to head.

“As it turns out he didn’t need any guidance at all as he conjured up something really special with the electrics on this.”