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- Summary: The EP for the electronic artist also known as Hugo Manuel moves away from chillwave to a pop sound.
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- Record Label: Cascine
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Jan 13, 2012There's a strong sense that Valley aims to reinterpret a kind of never-never land of angelic male singing and electronic-driven arrangements that seems to recombine a variety of impulses from the '80s into a combination that never could have existed until a later moment.... A strikingly good debut effort.
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Jun 27, 2011This record may be an EP in name, but it's certainly a long-player in scope.
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Jun 27, 2011It is wistful in tone, but it's no nostalgia trip and summer or not it's a consistently blissful and thrilling EP that bodes well for any forthcoming album.
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Aug 25, 2011There's a real sense of growing confidence and a growing desire for commerciality in Manuel's music, and he's creating a sound that will catapult him from the blogs to the big stages.
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Under The RadarAug 4, 2011It's a gloriously glowy affair. [Jul 2011, p.89]
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Jun 27, 2011Whatever your take on the chillwave phenomenon--that brand of overexposed, Polaroid pop mining childhood memories kick-started (arguably) by Animal Collective's influential album Merriweather Post Pavilion--it's a conversation that's happened, and Equatorial Ultravox does little to further the debate.
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Jun 27, 2011Equatorial Ultravox is undeniably lovely, and the title describes the vaguely early '80s Mediterranean synth vibe pretty well. It's just not exactly essential listening.