Benji

Folk · 2014 · 11 tracks · 1h 1m

Benji

Nylon-string guitars and hyper-specific diary entries. A stark, conversational meditation on mortality, family, and the mundane details of a life passing by.

It's like listening to someone's most private diary entries set to beautiful classical guitar.

A starkly honest and deeply intimate meditation on the weight of mortality and the persistence of memory.

Benji · vs · Sun Kil Moon

Death Mortality+2.2σ

The writing leans far further into death mortality than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 1h 1m

01

Carissa

6:56

02

I Can’t Live Without My Mother’s Love

3:59

03

Truck Driver

3:56

04

Dogs

5:37

05

Pray for Newtown

4:08

06

Jim Wise

3:34

07

I Love My Dad

6:16

08

I Watched the Film The Song Remains the Same

10:31

09

Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes

5:35

10

Micheline

6:07

11

Ben’s My Friend

5:17

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden, jarring mention of an aerosol can explosion that shifts the narrative of the opening track.

The ten-minute sprawl of track 8 where the music mirrors the drifting, meditative nature of childhood memory.

The unexpected bright saxophone flare on the final track that breaks the album's somber tension.

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Hope

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