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  • Summary: The second full-length release for Ben Cook's Young Guv in 2022 features a collaboration with James Matthew VII on "Change Your Mind."
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  • Record Label: Run for Cover Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Neo-Psychedelia, Power Pop
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
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  1. Jun 29, 2022
    80
    GUV IV is yet more proof that no matter the genre or sound -- whether it's the band's beloved jangle pop or something further out on the indie pop spectrum -- they are up to the challenge and will deliver the goods.
  2. Jun 29, 2022
    74
    On GUV IV, Cook’s songs feel fuller and more fleshed out.
  3. Jun 29, 2022
    67
    Guv IV is a fun summer spin, but doesn’t coalesce into the memorable statement a pop songwriter like Cook could be capable of.
  4. Jun 29, 2022
    40
    It’s mainly miss. The limp steel guitar backing “Cold in the Summer” is too low-key to maintain any interest whatsoever; same with the forgettable strummed final track “Wind in My Blood”.