Blog: The End Of Irony

BEN LEE REBIRTH OF VENUS (New West Records) www.ben-lee.com Ben Lee has recorded the same album several times over now, and that's really not a complaint. The Australian singer-songwriter crafts a pop song with his acoustic guitar like no other (even paying tribute to the genre on this record with the song "I Love Pop Music") and sprinkles some clever lyrics on top. Though he explores matters of politics and love, Lee mainly uses this record to pay tribute to the female gender. The feminist critique of the [...]