Ben Howard is a mercurial British singer/songwriter who rose to prominence -- alongside contemporaries like Benjamin Francis Leftwich and James Vincent McMorrow -- on the basis of his 2011 LP, Every Kingdom. His soulful croon and deft guitar work initially drew inspiration from the 1970s British folk scene, but later works like 2014's I Forget Where We Were, 2018's Noonday Dream, and 2021's Collections from the Whiteout utilized more contemporary pop and, in turn, experimental touchstones.