Benjamin Haycock blends melodic, percussive and fingerstyle guitar with honest, personal and accomplished lyricism that is up there with the best. He laces this with incredibly tight rap flows and raw, emotive and powerful singing vocals. This is all interwoven to create a truly unique sound with strong character that derives from his personal experiences growing up in inner city Birmingham, and moving to the Devonian Coast in his early 20s.
Starting out, Benjamin was the songwriting front man to a successful eclectic band that performed at the likes of the 02 Academy, which included instrumentation from ‘Little Comet’s’ drummer Nathan Green. In 2018, he released his debut EP called ‘Time’s Transgressions’. Off the back of this, he was announced as one of Fender’s ‘Undiscovered Artists of the Year’ and later played at Ad Week Europe. Throughout this time, his music videos were watched by hundreds of thousands of people on large Facebook platforms’ such as ‘Music Crowns’.
In 2021, Benjamin appeared on ‘The Voice’ and blew away everyone with his original song ‘Restlessness’. Suffice to say, all four coaches turned for Benjamin. He subsequently released ‘Restlessness’ and his sophomore EP ‘Enigma’s Quay’, which both topped the Singer-Songwriter charts. He subsequently partnered with Australian guitar company ‘Maton’ and became one of their prestigious artists and global ambassadors. Some names on their roster include the likes of John Butler, Tash Sultana, Josh Homme, Keith Urban and Neil Finn.
Benjamin finished the year with his single ‘Force for Nature’ which he released in collaboration with The Tree Council’s environmental campaign ‘Be a Force for Nature’. The music video premiered to over 2,500 schools, with the song later featuring within the prestigious NOTION magazine. Subsequently, Benjamin was commissioned to produce a musical composition for a film which was displayed at the COP26 Climate conference in Glasgow. He finished the year with 2.5 million Spotify streams, and over 200,000 listeners.
Benjamin’s latest endeavour was in his single ‘Homeless Winters’, which he partnered with the biggest homeless charity in the UK, Shelter. The music video was filmed/directed by Jonathan Pears, who has worked on some of the biggest films over the years in LA and was fresh off a set with Morgan Freeman and Gerrard Butler. Such was the quality of the video, it was exclusively released by VEVO.