Benjamin Clementine by Akatre Studios
Benjamin Clementine won the Mercury Prize in 2015.
Benjamin Clementine’s third studio album And I Have Been has been set for release on October 28th via his own Preserve Artists label.
“And I Have Been was conceived during Covid,” Clementine says. “Like everyone, I was also confronted with a lot of lessons, complications and epiphanies to do with sharing my path with someone special.”
“Part One is just setting the scene, it’s the tip of the iceberg which sets the scene for ‘Part Two’, which goes deeper.”
New cut Genesis follows the recent one-two of Copening and Weakend which were combined into a single visual.
“Genesis is a song about the constant denial of my roots,” Clementine continues. “But as always no matter what we do in the new world our old world is buried in our subconscious. I found myself in a love hate relationship with my roots. I am trapped in free.”
And I Have Been tracklist:
Residue
Delighted
Difference
Genesis
Gypsy, BC
Atonement
Last Movement Of Hope
Copening
Weakend
Auxiliary
Loveluster
