Bennett Mitchell with his band captures the rugged simplicity of western life, only to spiral it into psychedelic realms of soaring guitars and hypnotic rhythms. A voice croons from the golden haze of the Porcupine Hills into a velvet-draped dream. Like a jam session where The Talking Heads meet outlaw cowboys on acid, they conjure a sound that bridges the grit of the earth with the mysteries of existence.
Sled Island called Mitchell, “Like Harry Nilsson or Cat Stevens before him, Bennett Mitchell is a folk singer-songwriter who can skitter around genres and ornate production styles without losing sight of his core — an original voice with a distinct point of view. On this 2022’s Mouse, his third album, he rambles and reflects atop spare, bouncing instrumentals.”
Bennett Mitchell is a songwriter and producer born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, exploring love, life, confusion and an endless catalogue of musical fashions to build rolling grooves and roomy, soul-inspired harmonies. The music draws from folk roots that nod to a pastoral wistfulness of Country music's past and sets us dancing to the tender parts of life.