Ben Howard has returned with a brand new single What A Day. The singer-songwriter began teasing the new song on social media after being away for two years following the release of his album Noonday Dream in 2018. What A Day was featured on Annie Mac’s Hottest Record.
Ben also announced his fourth album Collections From The Whiteout which is set to be released on the 26th of March via Island Records. The record is co-produced by Ben and Aaron Dessner from The National. Aaron Dessner recently co-produced Taylor Swift’s sister albums Folklore and Evermore.
The song was accompanied by a music video, directed by Cloe Bailly. The video depicts hunters getting drunker and drunker while one of them is turning into a rabbit. The rabbit seems to be the instigator of pure carnage as the hunters begin to turn their guns on each other.
Speaking about the video, Ben said; “This was a nonsense idea loosely thrown together on the Old English rhyme, ‘back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other’ with a bit of animal hysteria thrown in. Cloe somehow transformed a basic countryside shoot ‘em up into an amazing tale of delightful retribution.”
What A Day is out now on all platforms. Collections From The Whiteout will be released on March 26th 2021. The music video for What A Day is down below
