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Album Review: Ben Watt - Hendra

Danielle O'Donohue

Everything is relatively down-tempo and low-key, with Watt’s plain but warm voice guiding the listener through the music.

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It's taken Ben Watt 30 years to follow up his debut solo album, North Marine Drive. Electro-pop duo Everything But The Girl and dance label Buzzin' Fly have been keeping him busy in the meantime. Hendra attempts to strip Watt's musical language back to a very simple singer-songwriter essence. Everything is relatively down-tempo and low-key, with Watt's plain but warm voice guiding the listener through the music. Every now and then the guitars start to pick up or the tempo gives the listener a little nudge, but for the most part, this album glides by effortlessly.