Benjamin Langford-Biss released his first single and music video from his latest project, Bleak Soul, on May 15th of 2020. The track is titled “Why Am I Here?” and it is his first release since departing from the Brighton based rock band, As It Is, in November of 2019.
The track opens with an almost haunting tone of guitar picks and lyrics that involve asking yourself “Why Am I Here”. The music video that accompanied this new single shows a translucent Benjamin continuously switching positions on his sofa, sometimes having more than one of him in frame. With lyrics such as “I can’t seem to do anything right” and “I hate myself now”, this single goes on to discuss falling out of love with the life that lay before you.
“Why Am I Here?” is a part of Benjamin’s 8 track debut album, “Existential Meditation”, which comes out in full on May 22nd of 2020. When asked if the rest of the songs on his upcoming album would sound similar to “Why Am I Here?” on Twitter, Langford-Biss responded by saying that “each song is very different to the next”, but that they all work together somehow.
If the other songs are anything like this one, it is sure to sound great. You can listen to Benjamin’s newest single below.
