Benedict Moleta

"…there's reason to be excited about this comeback beyond one exquisite performance. Tonight is a reminiscence on an underrated and frankly brilliant body of WA work that deserves to be viewed alongside the best our state has produced in the past two decades. But it's also hard not to be excited by the prospect of a new album due soon, no doubt with a simple white cover." Review in Seesaw of Songs 2002-2022, May 2023

Illuminated Numbers: New album out now

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Picture of Hell (Illuminated Numbers track four)

Tonight (Illuminated Numbers track eleven)

Thank You, Dan Baldwin (Illuminated Numbers track six)

"Moleta has quite a unique style of delivering his lyrics – the vocals so clear, honest and unpretentious, it can make for quite an uplifting experience." The Drum Media

Trois Chansons: French duets with Carole Katz out now

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"Next up was Benedict Moleta who came out and gave a beautiful acoustic set filled with amazing slice-of-life songs and an incredible voice that even makes the goose bumps have goose bumps!" www.theaureview.com

Aberrant, with Jonathan Brain. From Live 2023

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"I think of Moleta as a hero, the way he continuously works with different musicians . . . to craft albums that are warm and genuine, moments that merge with your own memories." lifeisnoise.com

Another Hound, with Bill Darby and Miranda Pollard. From Singleton

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"With lyrical visions such as these - and the songcraft to match - Moleta remains a distinctly individual character in the overcrowded cupboard of singer/songwriters." thevine.com.au

"...a hushed, white-wall atmosphere perfect for lovers of Death Cab For Cutie or Red House Painters. But the comparison is not exact, as Moleta's songwriting seems more mature and less prone to pop affectations..." Rave Magazine

Stand by Me, with Miranda Pollard

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"Most of the time when I see Benedict Moleta it's only a brief glimpse of his impossibly skinny frame riding around Mt Lawley on top of a beat up, old mountain bike. That mountain bike is a pretty good metaphor for Benedict Moleta's music, it's not fancy but it's honest and it'll get you where you wanna go." thethousands.com.au

Lupins, with Julian Bolleter, Jonathan Brain and Rosemary Halsmith. From White Marble Heyday

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Du bist wie eine Blume (by Robert Schumann, with Oliver Mann). From Ausgewählte Lieder: Schumann, Wolf, Mahler

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Tanah Airku, from Songs in Five Languages

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Other things:

Recording in 2006 and 2024, from the photo album by Darren Clayton