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Ben Howard has announced details of a new EP to be released this year.
The 'Burgh Island EP' will contain all new material and will be released on Island on 10 December.
It will feature four tracks - 'Esmerelda','Oats In the Water', 'To Be Alone', and 'Burgh Island'.
Howard recorded the EP in his home county of Devon at a remote studio on the Start Point peninsula.
But rather than use the solitude of the recording space to 'do a Bon Iver' and write a stripped back, heartfelt record- 'Burgh Island' takes on a sound that is, in places, more electric.
The EP is said to take on a much darker sound that his full-length debut release, 'Every Kingdom', did not showcase.
Ben Howard performing at Bestival 2012
The singer-songwriter will release the coleection off the back of a massive sold out tour that sees him touch down in every corner of the UK.
And that's not the only reason it has been a great year for Howard. Tonight his debut album goes up against acts including Plan B, The Maccabees, and Django Django for this year's Mercury Prize.
Paddy Power have, however, rated 'Every Kingdom' as one of the outsiders at 14/1.
Alt-J and their album 'An Awesome Wave' have benn made favourites for the prize with odds of 1/1.
Also fancied are Richard Hawley's 'Standing At the Sky's Edge' at 4/1, Jessie Ware's 'Devotion' at 6/1, and Plan B's 'Ill Manors' also at 6/1.
Hear the title track from the EP below.
Details of Ben Howard's full UK tour are below. For more information visit Gigwise Gig Tickets.
2nd November - Brighton, The Dome
3rd November - Plymouth, Pavilions
4th November - Cardiff, University
5th November - Bristol, Colston Hall
7th November - Dublin, Olympia
9th November - Belfast, Waterfront
10th November - Glasgow, O2 Academy
12th November - Manchester, O2 Apollo
14th November - Leeds, O2 Academy
16th November - Newcastle, O2 Academy
17th November - Aberdeen, Music Hall
19th November - Cambridge, Corn Exchange
20th November - Lincoln, Engine Shed
21st November - Leicester, O2 Academy
22nd November - Nottingham, Rock City
24th November - Birmingham, O2 Academy
25th November - Bournemouth, O2 Academy
26th November - Southampton, Guildhall
28th November - London, O2 Brixton Academy
29th November - London, O2 Brixton Academy
30th November - London, O2 Brixton Academy
Photos: Mercury Music Prize nominees on the red carpet
