Countryman served as a senior staff writer. He was previously the 2018-2019 Music | Arts editor and an A&amp;E reporter.

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&quot;Let Me Down Slowly&quot; singer Alec Benjamin performed the penultimate show of his Outrunning Karma Tour at the El Rey Theatre on Thursday. (Ashley Kenney/Daily Bruin)

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Concert review: Alec Benjamin lives up to his image with a satisfying amount of angst

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Heartbreak, but then make it casual. Though Alec Benjamin is only 24 years old, many of the songs on his debut record deal with the loss of childhood innocence and his discovery of life’s less-than picturesque realities.

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Concert review: Alec Benjamin lives up to his image with a satisfying amount of angst

By Eli Countryman

May 10, 2019 5:40 p.m.