Song:Strong River
Album:Love's Crushing Diamond
Mutual Benefit started out as a home recording project. By the 2013 album Love's Crushing Diamond it became a band and they have had some indie success. The guy behind Mutual Benefit is Columbus, OH native Jordan Lee. He started writing in high school influenced by Elliott Smith. After graduating from high school, Lee moved to Texas and then Boston where he started working on Mutual Benefit in earnest. After posting music on Bandcamp, Lee moved to St. Louis to work on Love's Crushing Diamond. That's when he turned it into a band. The personnel is fluid but violinist Jake Falby and drummer Dillon Zahner appeared on the album and still are part of Mutual Benefit. Lee released Love's Crushing Diamond on limited edition vinyl on his own label. After it got rave reviews from critics, Lee signed with Fat Possum's Other label and it was released as a digital download. This was never released on CD. I would describe Lee's music as neo psychedelic electronic folk. Lee has released a total of four albums as Mutual Benefit. His latest album Thunder Follows The Light was released in 2018 on Transgressive Records. Mutual Benefit toured last fall. Lee may be working in new music. Here's Mutual Benefit performing Strong River on KEXP in Seattle Jan. 22, 2014.
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