Ben Kweller "Cover The Mirrors" Riot Fest 2025 "I'd rather be a martyr

"I'd rather be a martyr for the innocent

from beauty to strangeness

Friend and producer Ziyad Asrar

While not a concept album per-se

It acknowledges that standing on the edge

Ben Kweller "Cover The Mirrors" Riot Fest 2025 "I'd rather be a martyrC O V E R T H E M I R R O R S is my seventh album and it's the most personal, emotionally raw project I've ever worked on. When Dorian died in 2023 I was overcome with the need to make music. I didn't care what came out of me because it was the only way I could find peace in my earth shattering grief. It's hard not to focus on everything I've lost and in the depths of my sorrow I realized that something was gained. I can only describe it as an