Ben Parcell is a Bridlington based singer-songwriter who's just signed to In At The Eye Records. He's been grafting hard all over the country for the past three years and has played over 250 gigs in that time.

Along the way, Ben has supported respected UK acoustic artists Chris Helme (The Seahorses), Mark Morriss (Bluetones), Ben Marwood, Alice Gold, Ryan Spendlove, Edwina Hayes, Jon Windle.

2013 sees the release of Ben's third official release "I Don't Need You" drawing from influences of modern pop folk artists such as Frank Turner and Ed Sheeran.

2011 saw Ben's music take a slightly different direction, bringing more Folk influences into his repertoire. His last E.P 'Painted By Numbers' is an acoustic affair features 4 tracks of stripped down organic sound featuring special guest Edwina Hayes on backing vocals.

His debut music video 'Close Your Eyes' has been on regular rotation on TV when it was accepted for the playlist on Lava TV on Sky Digital and his 2nd video 'Stay In Touch' was shown by BlankTV.

His song 'The Only One' is featured on the benefit compilation 'Unity' by Engineer Records which features mainstream acts such as 'The Gaslight Anthem' 'Fightstar', 'Funeral For a Friend' and 'Luke Pickett'.

In 2010 he self produced and independently released his debut 10 track album “Humble Beginnings" as well as playing all the instruments. He received several critically acclaimed reviews from respected publications.

Ben was invited by Alan Raw to play a live acoustic session on BBC Introducing as well as having his album and E.P tracks played regularly and recently made it onto the featured undiscovered artist of the week on Yorkshire Coast Radio.

He is influenced from a wide range of music such as The Beatles, Frank Turner, Elvis Costello, Green Day, The Ataris. Taking elements from Pop, Rock and Folk. he blends together a catchy, honest sound.

Quotes:

"Ben is one of the most hardest working musicians we know of" - Alan Raw, BBC Introducing

"Beautiful songs, beautifully packaged, Humble Beginnings is a wonderful calling card from terrific singer/songwriter Ben, one of the amazingly talented artists to emerge recently from the thriving East Yorkshire acoustic scene." - Edwina Hayes, Folk singer/songwriter

"Great Video!" - Frank Turner

We hope you like the new single from Ben Parcell. It was released on June 24th via In At The Eye Records and is available on iTunes and all other digital distributors.

Live dates:

1st August: Telegraph, Bridlington
15th August: Mucky's, Cleethorpes
25th August: Graphtonbury
30th August: Bevvy Pub, Hull
14th September: Telegraph, Bridlington
5th October: Oxjam Festival, Dewsbury

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