Today (26th January 2024), British singer-songwriter Benedict Cork announces his new album ‘Notes On A Hopeless Romance’ due for release on 10th May via Kartel Music Group.
To anticipate the release, Benedict Cork shares single ‘Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think Of One)’, a gospel-tinged track that reflects on former relationships and the power of hindsight. The track is co-written with Martin Luke Brown (FIZZ) who also appears on the track alongside Hannah Grace and Scott Quinn. Listen to ‘Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think Of One’ here.
Benedict speaks on the track, “'Reasons I Loved You (I Can't Think Of One)' is everything I wish I could have said in the moment after a break-up. You know when Ross makes a list about Rachel in the TV show 'Friends'? Well I loved the idea of writing a list of all the reasons I loved somebody in a song, but the page being completely blank. It's pretty cutting, but it's also very tongue-in-cheek and a heat of the moment thing! It's a big, brash, soulful f*** you of a song”.
‘Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think Of One)’ follows previous single ‘Soulmates’ which saw support from BBC Radio 1 Future Pop.
Singled out as “sensational”?and “a name to look out for” by Sir Elton John, 2024 promises to be Benedict Cork’s most exciting year yet with the release of his new album ‘Notes On A Hopeless Romance’ on 10th May via Kartel Music Group. Benedict adds, “It’s been a proper labour of love putting this together over the past couple years. Making an album is something I’ve always dreamt of doing and to finally have the finished collection of songs in my hands is quite a surreal feeling. I really wanted to push myself outside of my comfort zone with this project. It’s a big melting pot of brash, electronic, melancholic, gospel-inspired pop music that I hope makes you feel things and gives you some comfort in the chaos of finding love, especially queer love! It’s dedicated to all the hearts I’ve known, all the hearts I’ve fallen for a little too quickly, and all the hearts that have screwed me over, even if I’m still a bit bitter”.
'Notes On A Hopeless Romance'
Track List
1. Sanctuary
2. Nice Guy
3. The Good In You
4. Reasons I Loved You (I Can’t Think Of One)
5. Soulmates
6. Beauty Queen
7. God Damn
8. Until We F*** It Up
9. Into The Arms Of Another Love
10. I Know He’ll Be Gone In A Little While
Hailing from Bishop’s Stortford, Benedict began playing piano aged 8. He comments, “I grew up with three musical siblings which was such a fun environment. I’m the youngest of the four kids, so I’d always be shoved in the car off to watch someone do a play, or band practice, or a dance recital. Every holiday we’d be round the piano making loads of noise, probably irritating our parents a lot. It became so normal in our family that when I turned around to my parents at 16 and said I wanted to be a musician, they didn’t flinch. They just sort of said ‘ok great, cool, whatever makes you happy, just please leave us in peace’”.
