Noises, the new album from Ben McKelvey, acts as the bookend to Ben's college career at The New School. His senior capstone project subverts ideas surrounding nostalgia and places them in a liminal space. The music draws scathing soundscapes of stories about unavoidable realities, with a strong focus on the midwestern Methodist tradition, employing elements from worship and connecting them to secular avenues of music. Songs like “Migraine” incorporate the hymn, “It Is Well With My Soul,” other songs, such as the album's opener, “Conjure,” employ spirituality in a more abstract yet tangible way. Other highlights include the lead single, “Buzzer.” This song captures a memory from Ben’s coming of age in the Ohio woods and manipulates it into something dark, something evil, almost demonic. Something sinister is afoot with Noises. Ben’s latest album is available now wherever you get your music. Sign up for Ben’s “Letters List” to stay up to date on the latest projects from the slasher.
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Released November 14, 2025 and written, produced, mixed, and mastered entirely on his own, "When I look to the sky, I see an angel" is the latest album from Ben McKelvey. A departure from his normal sound, Ben explores a landscape of vibrant guitars, synths, heavy-hitting drums, and the piano that has been central to his previous projects. It features his previously-released singles, "Bland, dull, repetitive, and boring," "Don't you remember you want me? (feat. Gaby Lesmana)," and "Nostalgia will be the death of me." You can listen to Ben's new album wherever you get your music, or directly on this site.
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Released February 24, 2024, and in celebration of the first anniversary of "Burned It All" from his album, Heaven, The Afterlife, Ben has released a new remix entitled "Burned It All (From The Ash)," listen now.
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Released January 19, 2024, "Who Were Meant to Be" is the newest single from singer-songwriter-producer Ben McKelvey. It is available now wherever you stream and buy your music, as well as directly from this website.
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Released December 1, 2023, the "things i never said to you (the two year anniversary edition)" is a remixed version of Ben McKelvey's 2021 debut EP of the same title. Ben McKelvey re-recorded, reproduced, and added four previously unreleased tracks to craft this new version of his first big project. It's available now wherever you stream music, on Ben's website, and on bandcamp.
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Released July 14, 2023, Heaven, The Afterlife is Ben McKelvey's debut full-length album. It follows the story of tragic love and explores themes of fate, love, loss, and the complications of human feelings, both good and bad. Below, you can find the project in its entirety to listen to for free from the in-site player.
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In Between 3:280:00/3:28
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Act My Age 4:580:00/4:58
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Wash You Out 3:240:00/3:24
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All I Want 3:370:00/3:37
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Burned It All 4:500:00/4:50
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Purgatory 1:150:00/1:15