I Tell A Fly

The expansive and labyrinthine I Tell a Fly proves that Benjamin Clementine is an artist of extraordinary ability.

Tell a Fly is an expressionistic drama about Benjamin Clementine’s own teenage flight from Edmonton to the Paris Metro, the refugee crisis and wanderlust in all its forms.

Moments of genius gradually reveal themselves.

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Britain's Benjamin Clementine emerged in 2015 as a theatrical pop eccentric, brimming with a self-assurance that bolstered his immediately distinctive melding of classical, opera, soul, and folk.

Though its second half drags, Benjamin Clementine's I Tell a Fly demands repeat listens, and promises sustained delight.

Benjamin Clementine is the kind of artist hard to ignore and even harder to pigeonhole.

Many people will have been introduced to the otherworldly talents of Benjamin Clementine when he made his first appearance on Later… With Jools

The Edmonton, north London songwriter follows up his Mercury Prize winning debut 'At Least For Now' with an equally ambitious second album.

The Mercury-winner has swerved the mainstream and made an avant garde concept album about Aleppo, the refugee crisis and two flies in love

Clementine's music, like his voice, is distinctive and peculiar.

Album Reviews: Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly

Benjamin Clementine - I Tell A Fly review: Defining what it means to be an artist, in a day and age when it feels like every possible idea has been exhausted.