Ben’s Imaginary Band second full length album Trust drops this week. Trust is the culmination of eight years gigging under the Imaginary Band moniker, picking up where the band’s 2008 debut Nocturnal Fables and Illusions left off. Ben’s Imaginary Band's sole member –the Budapest born, Canadian raised, and current Victoria BC resident Ben Romvari wrote, arranged and played all the instruments on Trust’s thirteen tracks. A reflective, and at times -melancholy- record, the treatment of songs on Truth immediately draws comparisons to inverted songwriters like Elliot Smith and Nick Drake. The laid-back trumpets on “Connectiveness” invoke Sloan’s “All the Things You’ve Done Wrong” while the fleeting instrumental “Beautiful Dreamer” harkens to Elliot Smith’s piano solo “Bye.” On record, Romvari keeps his vocals within a limited range, which at times sounds like Thom Yorke in his more reclusive moments. Postal Service-esque instrumental flourishes bring colour to Romvari’s sombre musical canvas. A previously-released BIB track below:
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