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- Summary: The debut pop solo release for Fucked Up guitarist Ben Cook features a guest appearance from Jef Barbara.
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- Record Label: Slumberland
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Mar 9, 2015There’s not an ounce of fat to be found. It might be a little lo-fi in places, but it doesn’t matter, this is the definition of an album that is all-killer-no-filler.
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Mar 23, 2015While the sound overall could be described as 80s jangle-pop, we’ve got hints of everything from early 70s Bowie and T Rex, to early-80s XTC to early-90s Vaselines and Beat Happening.
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Mar 9, 2015There are few traces of the musician Cooke has presented himself as previously, but if this is how he wants to strike out on his own, the comparisons to his other bands should be incredibly short lived.
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May 7, 2015What elevates Ripe 4 Luv beyond four absolute bangers and four darn-good in-betweens is how it uncovers the creepiness of power pop relationship dynamics.
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Mar 10, 2015Throughout Ripe 4 Luv you can sense that it’s taking every ounce of discipline Cook has to play these pop songs as straight as he does, so he can be forgiven for indulging a little kitsch at the finish line.
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MagnetMar 12, 2015For all the aesthetic hopscotching, Ripe 4 Luv never falls off its sharp, catchy axis. [No. 118, p.61]
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Mar 9, 2015It focuses on a jangly indie-pop sound that recalls C86 and Big Star (especially the echo-laden power-pop of Crawling Back to You). What elevates Ripe 4 Luv beyond mere pastiche is Young Guv’s desire to branch out.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Mar 14, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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