Ivor Novello-nominated songwriter Jamie Hartman returns with the second album from his Ben's Brother project next month. The first single from it, 'Apologise', which was co-written with Natalie Umbruglia no less, is out on 3 May, and will be followed by the album, 'Battling Giants', on 11 May. Hartman will play a special album launch show at The Borderline in London on 21 Apr, before heading out on a wider tour of the UK starting on the album's release date.

Before that, he spoke to CMU about the inspiration behind the new long player. "The latest album is called 'Battling Giants'. I wrote a song by that name last year in the run up to making the album, and when the credit crunch happened, along with me parting ways with EMI and going alone, it suddenly seemed like the perfect title. We're all 'Battling Giants' now".

You can read the full SSQ interview with Jamie here