Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were -album 2014 Hq- Zip ◉

(Title track) The centerpiece. Built on a single, hypnotic electric guitar figure (in open C tuning), the song slowly accretes layers: tremolo guitar, thunderous drums, Howard’s multi-tracked vocals. Lyrically, it’s about disorientation, loss of memory, and emotional drowning (“I forget where we were / I forget where we were / In the water”). The final two minutes are a crescendo of feedback and crashing cymbals—a cathartic collapse.

A sparse, blues-inflected track. Howard’s voice is dry and close-miked. The lyrics are ambiguous—possibly about a partner, possibly about the sea (“she treats me well / and I pray to god she never tells”). The guitar solo is raw and unpolished. Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were -Album 2014 HQ- Zip

Commercially, it debuted at and reached #23 on the Billboard 200. It later went Platinum in the UK. (Title track) The centerpiece

A rhythmic experiment. Built on a syncopated acoustic guitar loop, layered with percussive slaps on the guitar body, then suddenly shifts into a slow, elegiac coda. The song structurally mirrors the chaos of anxiety. The final two minutes are a crescendo of

The most Every Kingdom -like track, but darker. Fingerpicked acoustic, brushed snare, and ethereal backing vocals. A meditation on escapism and longing: “In dreams, I’ve known her / In dreams, she’s beautiful.”

The shortest track (2:40). A quiet, haunting waltz with a single vocal take and acoustic guitar. “I’ve been worryin’ that my time is a little bit unclear” – a sigh of existential fatigue.