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Ben Lee - Ripe
| Musicomh | | Ben Lee is a pretty big name in Australia. His previous album Awake Is The New Sleep went five-times platinum and won him a clutch of ARIA Music Awards over there. He hasn't really gone all out to capture the British audience though, and this follow-up album is unlikely to change things for him just yet....full text |
| | Indielondon | BEN Lee’s musical career began in 1993 with the band Noise Addict, who were signed to Steve Pavlovic’s independent label Fellaheen Records on the strength of a self-produced and distributed four-track demo recorded in Ben’s bedroom.
Pavlovic’s connections brought the band to the attention of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Beastie Boys’ Mike D, both of whom released the band’s material in the US. The group went on to put out several releases on the Beasties’ Grand Royal Records....full text |
| | Prefixmag | | Ben Lee starts out Ripe by observing "This is the first day of the future" -- a slightly ironic statement, given that most of us only remember his past. Lee, who started recording and touring at age thirteen, was the punk wunderkind in the band Noise Addict, the precocious kid with an Evan Dando fixation, and the hipster punching bag who dated Claire Danes. But over the course of his five previous albums, Lee has been unable to find solid ground. He continues to soldier on in his quest for legitimacy, but Ripe won't do a lot to change his reputation as the prodigy that failed....full text |
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