Eric Benoit
Eric Benoit: Live at The Delancey
The Delancey
168 Delancey St
New York, NY 10002-3412
Nov 2, 2017
7:30 PM UTC
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Eric Benoit will be playing a selection of unreleased songs from his upcoming sophomore album, "Heartrender". $10 cover at the door, 21+ venue
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Eric Benoit Biography
Eric Benoit isn’t fucking around. Literally or metaphorically.
With the January 26th release of his sophomore album, Heartrender, he tears into sex, love, and the body, laughing at the absurdity of it all just to keep from breaking apart. Telling the story of a ruinous, short-lived relationship, the album documents his attempt to come to terms with sexual trauma.
Heartrender’s seven slow-burning songs grow from silent shouts to delirious explosions. Though Benoit draws on the immersive cinematic style of his debut LP, he takes a leap forward with a newly energetic, beat-driven sound drawing from experimental dance music and indie folk-rock.
Benoit’s musical project began in the summer of 2014 with his live debut as as the Artist of the Month at The Bitter End Singer-Songwriter Series (NYC) in September 2014. After releasing a limited-run lo-fi album, Summer Travails, he became frustrated with the limitations of his guitar and voice and devoted himself to learning electronic music production.
Two years later, in June 2016, he released his debut album College. Never shy about approaching difficult topics, he told a story of self-harm, a friend’s suicide, and the mental toll of dealing with the unique stresses of the American college campus. Prior to the album’s release, Boston-based music publication Infectious Magazine published his story during May, Mental Health Awareness Month. “Each cut in my forearm felt like a small victory,” he explained, recalling his inability to understand how he was spinning out of control at the time.
“Fucking is a disease / Procreation is incest,” goes the chorus of lead single, “Dragonflies”. The album may not be for the faint-hearted, but the pain of a relationship gone wrong swings universal. There is a Heartrender in all of us.
Contact: ericmatthewbenoit@gmail.com.
Quotes from the Press on His Last Single, “Symptom / Doubt”:
“The track builds slowly in to a track that journeys through the darkest sounds Daft Punk would wish they had made. There’s a lot of beauty in darkness and Benoit does a great job in uncovering it.” - Electronic North
“It takes more than 2 minutes for any kind of percussion or beat to kick in, and when it does, you’re well aboard a fast moving train in a tunnel with no lights. Musically speaking, of course…” - Too Much Love Magazine
Read MoreWith the January 26th release of his sophomore album, Heartrender, he tears into sex, love, and the body, laughing at the absurdity of it all just to keep from breaking apart. Telling the story of a ruinous, short-lived relationship, the album documents his attempt to come to terms with sexual trauma.
Heartrender’s seven slow-burning songs grow from silent shouts to delirious explosions. Though Benoit draws on the immersive cinematic style of his debut LP, he takes a leap forward with a newly energetic, beat-driven sound drawing from experimental dance music and indie folk-rock.
Benoit’s musical project began in the summer of 2014 with his live debut as as the Artist of the Month at The Bitter End Singer-Songwriter Series (NYC) in September 2014. After releasing a limited-run lo-fi album, Summer Travails, he became frustrated with the limitations of his guitar and voice and devoted himself to learning electronic music production.
Two years later, in June 2016, he released his debut album College. Never shy about approaching difficult topics, he told a story of self-harm, a friend’s suicide, and the mental toll of dealing with the unique stresses of the American college campus. Prior to the album’s release, Boston-based music publication Infectious Magazine published his story during May, Mental Health Awareness Month. “Each cut in my forearm felt like a small victory,” he explained, recalling his inability to understand how he was spinning out of control at the time.
“Fucking is a disease / Procreation is incest,” goes the chorus of lead single, “Dragonflies”. The album may not be for the faint-hearted, but the pain of a relationship gone wrong swings universal. There is a Heartrender in all of us.
Contact: ericmatthewbenoit@gmail.com.
Quotes from the Press on His Last Single, “Symptom / Doubt”:
“The track builds slowly in to a track that journeys through the darkest sounds Daft Punk would wish they had made. There’s a lot of beauty in darkness and Benoit does a great job in uncovering it.” - Electronic North
“It takes more than 2 minutes for any kind of percussion or beat to kick in, and when it does, you’re well aboard a fast moving train in a tunnel with no lights. Musically speaking, of course…” - Too Much Love Magazine
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