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Young Hunger

Chad Valley

Young Hunger

Oxford-based Hugo Manuel, frontman of tropical rock group Jonquil, with a solo album of chillwave / Balearic synth pop featuring a range of guest singers

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5.9

Label
Cascine
UK Release date
19/11/2012
US Release date
30/10/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Killers such as Fell 4 U with Glasser and Fathering/Mothering with Anne Lise Frokedal showcase both his ear for vocal counterparts and his immediate, beautiful arrangements
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  2. 7.0 |   Prefix

    For the most part, the vocals totally overpower the trademark Valley-ian sonic experience
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  3. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    A delightfully shameless, anthemic embrace of young love, keyboard wizardry, the ’80s, and the ’90s
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  4. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Manuel has carved out an album that hardly gives you a chance to wipe the smile off your face — or pull yourself from the dance floor
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  5. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    The many guests on Young Hunger prevent the album from getting too bogged down in schmaltz, adding color and texture to the record
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  6. 7.0 |   DIY

    Despite a few notable mis-steps, ‘Young Hunger’ is mainly a joy
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  7. 6.0 |   Q

    Such a loving recreation of a time when Tears For Fears sowed their seeds of love. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    For the most part sun-dappled hues and washes give way to club dayglo without ever quite getting downright lurid
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  9. 5.5 |   Bowlegs

    There are good moments here (Up & Down is lush and hypnotic), but overall it’s heroically overegged
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  10. 5.0 |   NME

    Disappointingly, given his previous sterling output, this is a pretty boneless pastiche of the genre
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  11. 5.0 |   BBC

    Too much like warm candyfloss: comprising only sugar, air and synthetic colour
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  12. 5.0 |   musicOMH

    It is asinine to the point of nausea, which is a shame, because as this year's Fixers album displayed, Goldstein himself clearly understands how to make effective pop music
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  13. 4.0 |   The Quietus

    It is gloss and fluff masquerading as euphoric heartbreak. It makes Savage Garden sound like Leonard Cohen
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  14. 4.0 |   The Fly

    Surrounding himself with talent that far surpasses his own doesn’t hide the weakness of many of these tracks
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