The Birds Chirp & the Sun Shines

A 2 track lo-fi single (9m 29s) — released March 5th 2012 on Audio Antihero

Second single taken from Benjamin Shaw's debut LP 'There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet.'

"Superb." – Drowned in Sound

"If you think you've heard the likes of Benjamin Shaw before, think again." – The Line Of Best Fit

"Excellent…Mad love for Benjamin Shaw." – Tom Ravenscroft, BBC 6 Music

"One of the hidden gems of 2011 – 8/10." – This Is Fake DIY

"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." – CLASH Music

"One of the better records of the year – 4/5." – Is This Music?

"A truly special album – 4/5." – MusicOMH

"Brilliantly moving – 9/10." – The 405

"Defiantly ramshackle..the only fear is that Shaw's style may fail to attract the attention it deserves." – The Skinny

"Shaw has put together an album that is quite unlike anything else, full of blackened charisma and a sonic imagination quite different to most - 8/10." – The Music Fix

"An utterly gorgeous record." – Song, By Toad

"A diminutive wall of sound amongst gritty fuzz, into what can only be described as accidental shoegaze – 8.10." – The Whiteboard Project

"A mix of lo-fi and fuzzy production and sadistic images of decapitated limbs in a freezer." - Bearded

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