Highly influenced by blues artists but approaching things with a songwriting sensibility, Vulnerable Things have created a sound that is all their own. With influences ranging from Tom Waits and Black Keys to Dr John and Ray Charles, their eponymous album on Bluesinlondon Records is a set of intense tales and personal songs that sit together perfectly.

Live shows have been the bands staple since forming in 2004. Besides infiltrating the saturated Indie scene in London with their own take on modern blues they have performed at Bristol Blues Festival and The Future of The Blues Festival. They have supported Wilko Johnson, Dr Feelgood and The Blockheads as well as gigging regularly at the ‘Ain’t Nothin But…’ Blues Bar in London as well as The Dublin Castle & The Hope & Anchor.

The passionate raw vocals and guitar of singer/songwriter GP Bennett are complimented by the laid back feel of guitarist Lewis Hodgkinson, bassist Keith Lovell, and drummer Ed Green. They form a tight unit experienced beyond their years, taking on the blues from a different angle while injecting a level of soul and feeling rarely achieved by contemporary artists.

Having been nominated and short listed for the 2007 & 2008 UK INDY Awards, the band strongly believes they have an important role to play in turning younger audiences onto the blues.

Vulnerable Things are a band worth talking about.

VULNERABLE THINGS - THE ALBUM

In a genre when song writing is all too often not at the forefront, and where youth has long stopped being a catalyst, it's refreshing to hear a young band with an album of impressive self-penned material that explores the blues and its branches. There is still a comforting retro feel about the Vulnerable Things debut release but their approach and attitude towards performance is nothing but modern.

Recorded in Belsize Park over 2 days, and pulled together by the talented hands of producer Ash Vigor, the debut album from Vulnerable Things is a look into the future of blues and roots influenced music. 11 songs penned by front man GP Bennett; tales of hard times, small town frustration and falling in with the wrong crowds. With its lean arrangements and instant hooks, it looks to be a blues classic for the new century.

The opening track - 15 Voices - recounts the struggle to define themselves and the need to do so in a genre beset by guitar solos and a loss of innovation. The following songs share themes of alienation and frustration (Already Gone, Brooklyn Bound), dangerous company (Jack High, I Got The Pistols), unrequited love (Maybeline) and dysfunctional families (Something In The Water). They are dark and personal but shot through with humour and wit (Skinny Man, Maybeline). The Vulnerable Things' lean arrangements are augmented by harmonica on several tracks (Brooklyn Bound, Maybeline, Something in The Water), and heightened by the punchy production by Ash Vigor.