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After his earlier well-received EPs, Chad Valley's full-length debut in 2012 came hot on the heels of a swirl of attention -- both positive and negative -- for the putative style he and others have worked in. Whether by an accident of timing or something in the water in general, the British singer and many of the collaborators who appear on Young Hunger have been tagged as some form of indie R&B -- compared, and not always favorably, with any number of African-American performers, whether Ne-Yo, The-Dream, Miguel or perhaps most tellingly, Kanye West in his 808s and Heartbreak mode. If anything, though, this distinction is something that ends up boxing all the performers in -- better a world where many different musicians have no fear of using electronic arrangements to their own ends rather than yet another tedious version of realness. Valley's work, if anything, feels mostly lodged in the kind of serenely beautiful setting that Active Child creates, drawing on the dreamy heights of bands like a-ha and Alphaville. Little surprise that their collaboration here, "Manimals," which closes the album, is one of the highlights, slowly building into a stately shimmer, suddenly opening up even further with clicking beats and a perfect blend of their voices. With that as a striking conclusion, much of Young Hunger is how Valley gets there, either on his own, as on the surging stomp of "Up and Down," or with his many collaborators throughout. Some moments aren't the best -- his duet with Jack Goldstein, "My Girl," stumbles a bit at the start -- but such killers 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.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Twin Shadow, Artist - Chad Valley feat. Twin Shadow, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Glasser, Artist - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Chad Valley feat. Glasser, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Jack Goldstein, Artist - Chad Valley feat. Jack Goldstein, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - El Perro Del Mar, Artist - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Chad Valley feat. El Perro Del Mar, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Chad Valley feat. Anne Lise Frøkedal, MainArtist - Anne Lise Frøkedal, Artist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Artist - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Chad Valley feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Jonathan Shakhovskoy, Producer, Mixer - Hugo Manuel, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Chad Valley, Artist - Active Child, Artist - Chad Valley feat. Active Child, MainArtist
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Hugo Manuel under licence to Loose Lips Records, under exclusive licence to V2 Records International Ltd. T/A Cooperative Music
Album review
After his earlier well-received EPs, Chad Valley's full-length debut in 2012 came hot on the heels of a swirl of attention -- both positive and negative -- for the putative style he and others have worked in. Whether by an accident of timing or something in the water in general, the British singer and many of the collaborators who appear on Young Hunger have been tagged as some form of indie R&B -- compared, and not always favorably, with any number of African-American performers, whether Ne-Yo, The-Dream, Miguel or perhaps most tellingly, Kanye West in his 808s and Heartbreak mode. If anything, though, this distinction is something that ends up boxing all the performers in -- better a world where many different musicians have no fear of using electronic arrangements to their own ends rather than yet another tedious version of realness. Valley's work, if anything, feels mostly lodged in the kind of serenely beautiful setting that Active Child creates, drawing on the dreamy heights of bands like a-ha and Alphaville. Little surprise that their collaboration here, "Manimals," which closes the album, is one of the highlights, slowly building into a stately shimmer, suddenly opening up even further with clicking beats and a perfect blend of their voices. With that as a striking conclusion, much of Young Hunger is how Valley gets there, either on his own, as on the surging stomp of "Up and Down," or with his many collaborators throughout. Some moments aren't the best -- his duet with Jack Goldstein, "My Girl," stumbles a bit at the start -- but such killers 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.
© Ned Raggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:44
- Main artists: Chad Valley
- Composer: Hugo Manuel
- Label: Loose Lips
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2012 Loose Lips Records 2012 Loose Lips Records
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