BEN AYLWARD

Bio:

The Guns in the Sky E.p is Bens debut solo record and it is a rich and thoughtfull little release with lots of melody and beauty mixed in with the good old yamaha drum machine and saw to boot! with bens personal lyrics and matured voice it is like no other. Some may remember Ben from popular Australian 90s dream pop band SWIRL and later BEAUTIFUL WORLD, he is now branching out as a solo artist for the first time. The debut ep was recorded by Tim Powels of THE CHURCH who Ben has been recording and colaberating with for a long time, ben is recording some new material with his band for a forthcoming release and is touring around the country so keep an eye out! .... .. ..

BEAUTIFUL WORLD LP 'GOODBYE TO THE FIRE' -(Perfect Sun/Inertia)

You can now purchase the CD on itunes, click below.







'This kind of articulate guitar pop is a pleasure to listen to...with the wonderful lyrics of Ben Aylward and the sonic experimentation of Tim Powles behind the mixing desk,thay create an almost perfect first album...Ensconced in gorgeous artwork, every detail looks like it has been carefully chosen...Goodbye to the Fire deserves to be all over JJJ and FBI...it's one of the classiest indie records I have heard for a long time.'

-Sebastian Skeet, Drum Media, January 2008


'It's not hard to close your eyes and imagine these guys sharing the main stage at Glastonbury with the likes of The Verve or Slowdive. It is intriguing to think what these guys might be able to do with a bigger budget, for good melodies have no expiry date...

-Chris Peken, City Hub, December 2007


'Beautiful World produce beautiful, lush pop music...on scant indie money they're producing quality.'

-Mark Neilsen, Drum Media August, 2007


'You may remember Ben Aylward from the criminally underrated Swirl. The songwriting from this is in his blood and still evident with Beautiful World as thay create swirling atmospheric pop,though its darker than one may remember from the previous outfit.Inviting and enveloping'

-Mark Neilsen,Drum Media Feb 2006


..Overly a sweetly insistent piano,Ben Aylward moves slightly away from the wavering and flowing guitar blueprint that trademarked his work with the close-to-extraordinarly good Swirl of earlier this century.Music made with real feeling,and there's never enough of that!

-Ross Clelland,Drum Media,August 2006



Also request 'Guns in The Sky' at:

Triple J - Home and Hosed

Triple J - Requests

Triple J - Zan Rowe's Guestbook

FBI Radio
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Member Since:

August 17, 2005

Members:

BEN AYLWARD - Vocals, Guitars, keys
MARK BUTLER - Guitar
SCOTT MEIKLE - Bass
DAVID LORD - Drums

Influences:

Sonic Youth, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, My Bloody Valentine, Kate Bush, Neil Young, Mercury Rev, Swervedriver, Go Betweens, Ride, The Velvet Underground, John Lennon, Primal Scream, Swirl, Antony & the Johnsons, Embrace, The Triffids, Cocteau Twins, Sianspheric, Straight Jacket Fits, The Chills, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Blonde Redhead, The Cranberries, Spiritualized, This Mortal Coil, Suede, Slowdive, Radiohead, Bowie, Bee Gees, Doves, The Verve, Bryan Ferry.

Sounds Like:

atmospheric, dreaming, Pop,

Record Label:

Rabbit Releases