Ben Lee: "Ripe"

[That Skipping Rope.]

Ripe, the sixth album from Australian pop-rock singer/songwriter Ben Lee, will be released on Sept. 18 via New West.

The record was produced by John Alagia (John Mayer, Dave Matthews) and features a slew of guests, including Mandy Moore on "Birds And Bees," Charlotte Martin, members of Rooney, Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek and Benmont Tench from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers.

"Love Me Like The World Is Ending" can be heard on Lee's MySpace page.

Australian filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson has been working on a career-spanning documentary on Lee. Liz Phair, Ben Kweller, Mike Watt, Thurston Moore and actresses Winona Ryder, Michelle Williams and Claire Danes (Lee's former girlfriend) were interviewed for the still-untitled film, which is expected to be shown at film festivals next year.

01. Love Me Like The World Is Ending (3:46)
02. American Television (3:40)
03. Birds And Bees f/ Mandy Moore (3:09)
04. Is This How Love Is Suppose To Feel? (4:17)
05. Blush (3:55)
06. Numb (2:57)
07. What Would Jay-Z Do? (2:54)
08. Sex Without Love (3:31)
09. Home (2:39)
10. Hungry (3:34)
11. Just Say Yes (5:24)
12. Ripe (3:05)

This album is incredible. I already love it so much more than Awake is the New Sleep. This is one of my favorite albums of the year from a solo male, possibly my favorite.

MYSPACE:
www.myspace.com/benlee
OFFICIAL SITE:
www.ben-lee.com/main_page.php

[Robert J]

Where the heck have you heard this album? I've been searching forever and cannot find it.

[RedDragon]

This is a really good album. I love the song with Mandy.

[That Skipping Rope.]

A couple of weeks ago I downloaded the new "Against Me!" album "New Wave". I didnt really know too much about this band but had been reading lots of good things about it, and my friend Tegan sings on it. I like to keep myself up to date with whats going on musically in the world, so I checked it out. I fell in love with the album. Really. Like, couldn't stop listening to it. As heavy and gnarly as it sounds at times, it is unmistakably a pop masterpiece. Listening to it on the way to Australia, I wondered to myself how these songs would sound acoustically.

A couple of days later I was on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne and had the thought "I'd love to cover this album." The whole thing. Beginning to end. So I did.

Anyway, here are the results. If you already know the original album, I hope these recordings shed a different light on it. If you don't know "Against Me!" and like what you hear, go check them out.

Nic Johns is the unspoken hero of this tale. He recorded, produced and mixed it and basically made my dream a reality. Hats off to him.

Hope you guys dig it.

Enjoy!

Ben

1. New Wave
2. Up The Cuts
3. Thrash Unreal
4. White People For Peace
5. Stop!
6. Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart
7. P**s And Vinegar
8. Americans Abroad
9. Animal
10. The Ocean

DOWNLOAD:
www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJlbi1sZWUuY29tL21lZGlhL25ld3dhdmUuaHRt

(This is offered as a free download on MySpace, so it's all good)

[sleepy eat pepper]

Meh.

Against Me! peaked with Reinventing Axl Rose. He should have covered that album. It's an epic album.

[That Skipping Rope.]

I really, really dislike Against Me!.

[sleepy eat pepper]

I do now, but three or four years ago they were my favorite band. They're absolutely amazing live. And still one of the best bands to listen to when you're with your friends drinking on the porch in the summer.

[That Skipping Rope.]

This drops tomorrow!

[RedDragon]

He'll be singing at the Late Late Show tonight!

[That Skipping Rope.]

He's featured on the new Kohl's advert.

lol