A drum roll and a dirty rhythm guitar introduces 23-year-old London artist Ben Esser on his debut album, Braveface. Esser a writer/producer/drummer/songwriter, gets right down to mesmerizes listeners by mixing garage-ska-influenced electro pop with melodic poignant lyrics. The sort of musical polygot that seem to reproduce rapidly on the British Isles.
Esser also grasps the British tradition of truth through self-deprication, and does not shy away from talking about his own wretching experiences. ‘Satisified,’ offers a confessional over a tango rhythm with exotic sound effects, describes a woman that no matter what he does he can not satisfy. ‘So if you ever see a woman, walk past and she catches your eye, I beg you not to be the fool my boy, you’ll be her slave until you die. She’s not satisfied however hard I try.’
There is, of course, a healthy helping of cheeky yang to offset the confessional ying. ‘This Time Around’ is a precise reincarnation of a?Ǩ

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