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SMC 040CS
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Benjamin Lee Farley has been writing and recording music for around 20 years and he swears that he's finally gotten good at it -- though we know he always has been. Diagnosed bipolar and schizophrenic and recently medicated, he is finally willing to use his mental illness to his advantage if it gets people to perk up their ears. In other words, he hears things and sometimes it translates to music and lyrics. After more than a decade of performing with different acts and under various aliases in the Boston area, he has relocated to the hills of North Carolina and become a hermit. Self-taught and frighteningly prolific, he has recorded and released over 50 albums in the past 5 years alone, in styles ranging from singer-songwriter-folky-americana to grimy electronics to dub to thrash metal to straight up rock n fuckin' roll. With yelling. His latest album The Stalker is in many ways a synthesis of the different musical strains he has explored over his long career, a frenetic burst of energy showcasing his raw talent and well-honed DIY production instincts. His music has been compared to a wide breadth of legendary musicians, but is really its own unique monster. Highfives and backpats all around. RIYL: Vic Chesnutt, Fiona Apple, Queens of the Stone Age, The Coasters, Neil Young, Screamin' Jay Hawkins.
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