Damn Crows

Damn Crows is a music project produced by Ben Hanson and our new member Jess Beaumont.

SINGLES;

Debenhams (Out now on RKUK Media / iTunes) Released: 17th April 2011

Produced by / Recorded by: Ben Hanson

Vocals by: Ben Hanson, Simon Caddy

B-Sides: Robs Piano, Can’t Fight This Feeling, Harmonica Song, Chill Anthem, Debenhams (Instrumental)

Label: RMG-UK

Hystorical Atmos / The Rivers Voice (Out now on RKUK Media)

Produced by: Ben Hanson

Vocals by: None

Lyrics: None

B-Sides: Intro, Pluto Calling, Wake Up Medley, The Right Vibe, Combined Harvester

Label: RMG-UK

Albums;

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GUEST COLLABORATORS;

Simon Caddy: Debenhams, I Can’t Fight This Feeling

Robert Crossley: Rob’s Piano, I Can’t Fight This Feeling

WALLPAPERS;

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MEMBERS

Ben Hanson, Jess Beaumont

About ‘Damn Crows’

Damn Crows is a band created by Ben Hanson, which recently got the name Damn Crows after years of thinking what name to have. The first reincarnation of the band arose in 2005 when Ben Hanson starting writing lyrics from times in his life based around relationships, moments in life and sometimes just utter randomness, some of these ended up being mainstream singles by big name bands.

It wasn’t until 2008 that any music was created by Ben and it admittedly wasn’t very good, and annoyingly no music created could implement the lyrics that had been written over the years. Ben
continues to write lyrics even today as time goes by and things shift in his life, but creating a song to fit them has always been a challenge.

Due to this, Ben started developing instrumentals and a song called ‘The Right Vibe’ was created. However life took over and it wasn’t until 2011 when the inspiration to try again arose in the purchase of an iPad.

“I found it inspiring how Damon Albarn could create an album all by himself just on a little
iPad”, Ben referring to the 2010 (2011 physical) Gorillaz album ‘The Fall’ created entirely on an iPad. This resulted in a few projects and before you knew it Ben had created some more instrumentals.

Debenhams

After this Ben teamed up with a friend Simon Caddy to produce what would the debut single ‘Debenhams’. Debenhams was a basic single to say the least, had a catchy rhythm and the easiest to remember lyrics ever. The single also contained quite a selection of B-Sides including some proudly made instrumentals including ‘Chill Anthem’ and a song created plainly due to a bet ‘The Harmonica Song’, just to prove that a song with a Harmonica at lead could be made. The single was released and available on iTunes on the 17th April 2011 as a free single and is still available now. The single was also available through the RKUK Media website and
included the B-Sides and a Digital Booklet.

Second Single

After releasing Debenhams, the Damn Crows name arose and a second single was arising. Ben decided that the second single would be a double A Side of instrumentals, but would feature some usual surprises in the B-Sides. The single was released 1st July and was the first single to be completely instrumental.

Second Member

In December 2011, it was announced that Damn Crows would be reinvented and include a whole new permanent member. Jess Beaumont has been announced as the new permanent member of Damn Crows and will feature around the production of upcoming Damn Crows releases.

Album 1

As for the debut album, your guess is as good as mine. Ben has said he’s working on a debut album and it will feature all the singles released and more, but any information about future
collaborations, existing collaborations or tracklist is as of yet unknown, as is the release date.