Ben Howard releases new single A Boat To An Island On The Wall and announces next album Noonday Dream

Ben Howard has returned with his new single, called Boat To An Island On The Wall.

The London singer-songwriter has released the seven-minute track as the first taster of his new album, Noonday Dream, which follows on on June 1. The new track was premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show last night (April 4).

Noonday Dream is Ben's third studio album, and the follow-up to 2014's I Forget Where We Were, which peaked at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart. His debut record Every Kingdom also hit the Top 5, peaking at Number 4. Look back at Ben Howard's complete Official Chart history here.

Ben's 2011 debut collection Every Kingdom was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the Ivor Novello Awards, while in 2013 he picked up the Best British Breakthrough and Best British Male prizes at the 2013 BRIT Awards.

In addition to sharing new music, Ben has announced a string of UK tour dates which go on sale on Friday April 13. They are: 

13^th June – Eventim Apollo, London
14^th June – Eventim Apollo, London
28^th June – Playhouse, Edinburgh
29^th June – Albert Hall, Manchester
30^th June – The Eden Sessions, Cornwall

The tracklisting for Ben Howard's new album A Boat To An Island On The Wall is as follows:

1. Nica Libres
2. The Towing Of The Line
3. A Boat To An Island On The Wall
4. What The Moon Does
5. Someone In The Doorway
6. All Down The Mines (interlude)
7. The Defeat
8. A Boat To An Island, Part II / Agatha’s Song
9. There’s Your Man
10. Murmurations