Young Guv
GUV I
Release Date: Aug 2, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop
Record label: Run for Cover Records
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Album Review: GUV I by Young Guv
Great, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
How do you make a record that could camouflage with the music of the '60s, yet still sounds perfectly refreshing and contemporary in 2019? You can ask Ben Cook, but the most likely answer is also the most obvious — write good songs, and it'll work. GUV I is the third album by Young Guv, the solo project of this Toronto artist, best known as a member of revered Canadian punk bands Fucked Up and No Warning. After the moody, '80s soul-pop sound of last year's 2 Sad 2 Funk, this effort returns to the fizzy power-pop for which he was ….
Based on rating 6.7/10
Ben Cook wears dark, chunky sunglasses when he performs as his indie-pop act, Young Guv. Put one way, his thick, plastic rims are shorthand for his musical inspirations--Elvis Costello's effusive power-pop, the Gallaghers' psychedelic glam rock. But paired with the hazy tracks on Young Guv's third LP, GUV I, the frames serve as a disguise: Forget about Ben Cook, guitarist for Toronto hardcore icons Fucked Up.
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