Benjamin Dean

Veda, the debut album from Benjamin Dean, derives its title from the Turkish word for farewell. Ben spent a large portion fo his life in the European country. Its shadow looms over the album, as he reflects on his adolescence in Turkey, comparing it to his adulthood in the US. Ben, himself, says the album is his way of “compartmentalize the past.” Subjects involve religion, cultural identity, family, and building ones own identity as they fully become their own person. - Matthew Warhol, Creative Loafing