Ben's Brother

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Ben's Brother
Origin London, UK
Genre(s) Indie pop
Years active 2006-present
Label(s) Relentless, Virgin, EMI
Website www.bensbrother.com
Members
Jamie Hartman
Kiris Houston
Dan McKinna
Dave Hattee
Tim Vanderkuil

Ben's Brother is a five-piece band from the UK, headed by founder Jamie Hartman. Their band was named after Jamie's big brother Ben, in whose shadow he lived. Jamie always considered himself the beta male of the family, which gave him the idea for the title of their debut album.

Their debut album, Beta Male Fairytales, was released on August 6, 2007.

A song from their album, "God By Another Name," became the first iTunes Store free single of the week to be made available in the iTunes Plus format. Recently, their song "Stuttering" was used on the new Canada and U.S. Dentyne Ice commercial. This turned into a larger partnership where the band gave away free songs to fans and flew a fan to see them play in Texas, via a specially created website.[1]

The band made their American festival debut at South by Southwest in March 2008.[2]

In 2008 the band were nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Let Me Out".[3]

Contents

[edit] Band members

  • Jamie Hartman (Vocals)
  • Kiris Houston (Keyboard/Guitar)
  • Dan McKinna (Bass)
  • Dave Hattee (Drums)
  • Tim Vanderkuil (Guitar)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Beta Male Fairytales (July 2, 2007) (UK #14, ITA #100)
  1. "Rise"
  2. "Beauty Queen"
  3. "Let Me Out"
  4. "Carry On"
  5. "Find Me an Angel"
  6. "I Am Who I Am"
  7. "Home"
  8. "Bad Dream"
  9. "Live"
  10. "God By Another Name"
  11. "Harmonica in F (Interlude)"
  12. "Time"
  13. "Stuttering (Kiss Me Again)" (U.S. release version only)

[edit] Singles

  • 2007 "Let Me Out" (UK #38)
  • 2007 "Carry On"
  • 2008 "Stuttering (Kiss Me Again)" (UK #41)

Secret single to be released somewhere circa 2009

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ben's Brother Dentyne.
  2. ^ Erin Chandler, Schedule For The Levi's/FADER Fort In Austin Announced, The Tripwire, March 10, 2008.
  3. ^ The Ivor Novello Awards - Nominees

[edit] External links


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