Benjamin Schoos - Doubt In My Heart - [Vinyl]

A record full of soulful sunshine pop and warm but subtle burrs of synthpop and crispy psychedelia. Featuring Dent May, Marker Starling, Nicolas Krgovitch and more Don't let the title fool you, the new album from Benjamin Schoos is his most dazzlingly assured yet. Doubt In My Heart, the fourth studio album recorded under his own name, features a host of inspired collaborations unleashing nine gorgeous new songs that celebrate interconnectivity in times of trouble. "This album was written at an emotionally complicated time in my life," admits the Belgian musician. "It's a bit like the mixtape of my heart at each moment along the way. It's a really intimate album despite all of the guests making appearances on it." And therein lies the beautiful paradox of Doubt In My Heart, an album of solitude made with a host of new musical friends from around the globe. The songs on Doubt In My Heart therefore are emotionally intelligent, sexy, witty, touching and sometimes sad, but they are all infused with a warmth that only comes from human interaction. Lead single "All Night Every Night" with the American singer songwriter Dent May which was released in May of last year is, according to Norman Records, packed with enough "sunshine to see you at least as far as Crimbo." Follow up 'Shoes' is also like a warm bath, full of brilliantly evocative imagery and underpinned by sweet 70's soul. Opener 'The Traces of Our Thoughts' with Marker Starling starts with the subtle pulse of an analogue drum machine and builds into a symphonic rock ballad full of minor key west coast harmonies. As for the guests, the aforementioned Canadian singer Marker Starling, who Benjamin calls "one of the most talented songwriters of his generation", appears on three songs including the title track. Fellow compatriots of Starling's, Nicholas Krgovich and Drew Smith from Bunny, also provide vocals on excellent new tracks. The Brits Robert Soleto and Alex Gavaghan weave their magic as well. The album is rounded off with the ambient psyche of 'I'm Disappearing', featuring Kevin Coral of Future Children and some deliciously paced spidery drumming from Benjamin. It's a record that grew organically and makes a strong case for cyberspace being a part of our reality now. Doubt In My Heart is an international pop record sung in its entirety in English that somehow manages to be personal and universal, self- analysing and life-af rming, brooding and amusing, amiable and yet aloof, familiar and yet like nothing Schoos has attempted before.

Benjamin Schoos - Doubt In My Heart - [Vinyl]

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