I was dead scared that it had been overprodced. Ben is the kind of artist who needs just his voice and a guitar to take it all. So when I heard the tinkling rhythms, clapping, oboe (which I hear is in fact clarinet through an octave pedal) I was a mite worried it was going to ruin him. Then I played it again. And I can hardly stop. So you've got all the boxes ticked - Cowardesque English weirdness but a cracking chorus and a song which you cant forget. And you're walking round clapping along.

I would love to is the live favourite - mandolin song with the whistles yet this time with a lilting clarinet/oboe part behind it all, and a lovely second vocal harmonising.

I hear he's planning to do some shows with a band. I for one can't wait.

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