Love’s Crushing Diamond

by Marcus Waters Bonner Mutual Benefit played South Philly’s Boot & Saddle on Thursday night as part of the last leg of a tour for their first full-length album. Boot & Saddle’s concert space provided a suitably intimate setting for the band’s folk-influenced sound. Their Read More

by Robert Brind Jordan Lee, frontman and songwriter of Mutual Benefit, wants to make it clear that Love’s Crushing Diamond is not a breakup album. With lyrics like, “I won’t forget the way she flies,” one might easily make that mistake. The album, as it turns out, is the result Read More

Mutual Benefit Love’s Crushing Diamond Reviewed by: Sebastian Mackay     All of the best aspects of folk have been blended together into a dreamy, watery pop fusion and it works a lot better than you’d think. The record is clearly a collection of years of work playing Read More