5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Ben Barlow of Neck Deep

Name  Ben/Benis/Big/Biggo



Best known for  Neck Deep / the guy who goes to his local convenience store in sweatpants and slippers daily. 

Current city  Chester, England.

Really want to be in  Barcelona. Chilling on the beach smoking a bat, after a day [of] skating…doing hood rat shit. 

Excited about  New self-titled album from Neck Deep (releasing January 19^th). The US tour for that, and then our biggest headline show ever at Alexandra Palace in London (“Ally Pally”).

My current music collection has a lot of  Jeff Rosenstock, High Vis, Dead Pioneers, Militarie Gun, Mil-Spec, Freddie Gibbs, Tyler, the Creator, NOFX, CIV, Shelter. Always blink-182.

And a little bit of  Hip-hop/rap… and the Beatles

Preferred format  Vinyl is great and I love spinning records but I can’t face building a proper collection, I get overwhelmed easy, so streaming is probably my most frequent format.

Perfect fusion of punk and indie rock. Great lyrics. Great production. Varied, ambitious, fun and interesting start to finish.

2

Blending, High Vis 

Many bands have tried to marry the hard rock/indie sound of Oasis with hardcore. Most fall just short or feels like a parody, but High Vis pull it off perfectly. They blur the lines between indie rock and hardcore perfectly, making for something truly original. 

3

10, 000 gecs, 100 gecs 

Absolute chaos. Unlimited energies. MySpace gold. Frogs on the floor.

4

Marathon, Mil-Spec