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Stream: The Love You're Given (Prides Remix) - Jack Garratt

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Listen to Glasgow synth-pop trio Prides' remix of Jack Garratt's "The Love You're Given." More here: http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/01/jack-garratt-the-love-youre-given-prides-remix/

Jack Garratt continues to deliver on the hype - recent track The Love You're Given (below) hit number one on Hype Machine, and it is a delicious and incredible piece of distortion laden soul. Here it gets a lovely re-rub by Glasgow three-piece Prides, who add a bit of dramatic R&B sheen reminiscent of the slick synthetic stabs of Junior Boys. Love love love.

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Stream: Apart In Love - Roisto

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Give it a <3 on HypeM http://t.co/kIyGWNqiBM Pre-order now @ iTunes http://j.mp/GetRoisto Some of the best things in life are still yet to be discovered, and this couldn’t be any truer than with Finnish producer Roisto and his new 6 track EP on Youth Control. A release which oozes fresh sounds, from the opening track 'Apart in Love', with it warm synth break throughs and French electronica beats, to 'Call The Sky' with a haunting modular make up, it’s unlikely that Roisto will remain in the darkness for much longer. Follow Roisto http://www.facebook.com/RoistoRatissa

Lovely piece of French touch style house goodness from Finnish producer Roisto. This comes from fledgling label Youth Control, and if Apart In Love is anything to go by they should be ones to watch this summer. I love the melancholic edge to this track - like the morning after a great night where your head just wants to be back in the moment.

Apart In Love is the title track taken from the forthcoming EP, out on 27 January.

Stream: Wrong Crowd feat. Jef Barbara - Young Guv

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Out March 10th on Slumberland Records. Pre-order iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ripe4luv Pre-order LP/CD: http://www.slumberlandrecords.com/catalog/show/282 From: Harry Winklebottom To: Social Media/Marketing/Sales Re: who is Young Guv and why is he ripe for love? Who's @youngguv? He's still underground, but everyone will know him soon. Right now, he only has 1500 followers, so we need to get this kid a checkmark as soon as possible. Here's the rundown: He's a white boy in a backwards snapback with fake Emoji neck tattoos. He's ripped bald kid fronting one of the most important and successful hardcore bands in Toronto history. He's a ghostwriter eating pasta as he pens al dente tunes for the likes of Sum 41, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, a few Canadian Idols, Snow, a slew of hardcore bands, Maroon 5 and one or two OVO affiliates. He's a tortured artist turning down Katy Perry's edits to his tunes because she didn't like his babies as they were. He's a child actor playing Ryan Gosling's sexy little brother. Do I need to go on? @youngguv is Ben Cook, and he's putting out an album, "Ripe 4 Luv," on one of the greatest labels ever, Slumberland Records. Having been around for a minute, Guv has decided to put together a set of pop tunes that shows off his range as a performer, singer, songwriter, style icon and retweet-worthy pop star. I've heard the album, and its ready to head to marketing. We don't need a billboard for this one, all we need to do is release a single and get it trending worldwide. We're going to break Nielsen SoundScan. We're going straight to #1 on iTunes! Guv got it right the first time with his band No Warning, one of the only Canadian hardcore acts to achieve recognition from major labels in the U.S. He parlayed this experience into a successful career as the creeper peaking through the curtain as better-looking people sing his songs to an appreciative audience. In addition to writing for pop royalty and no-name punk acts, Young Guv has spent the last 7 years playing guitar in fellow Toronto legends Fucked Up, selling 10's of 1000's of singles recorded in various bedrooms, and helping put the East End back on the GTA's music map with his Bad Actors imprint. Guv has been around for a while, and now he's helping new, young talent get around and release classic records. How could you not like this guy? He's got the bone structure to go viral at any moment. "Ripe 4 Luv" is a beautiful album for beautiful people. Plus, it really shows off his range. There's only one way to describe this record: Guv sings like Prince into expensive audio-nerd mics over power pop backing tracks that evoke Big Star after they got some nookie but before they became depressed about their failure to appeal to the right audience. If that's not good enough for you, then it sounds like Cheap Trick produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Or how about Drake's producer 40 manning the boards for a Hall & Oates session? Any of those will help sell this record to the blogs, just pick one and run with it.  That's it, that's what you get when you stream "Ripe 4 Luv" on Spotify. I'm telling you, this album is just perfect for Billboard's Trending 140 chart. We're going to be rich!

In a word, this is fucking ace. As yet pretty much unknown Young Guv is actually Ben Cook, guitarist with legendary Toronto hardcore band Fucked Up. As Young Guv he is doing something completely different, more accessible - forthcoming album Ripe 4 Luv is a selection of pop songs.

Whilst the album is allegedly full of 'three-minute wonders' Wrong Crowd is actually a seven-minute long epic pop song. In Cook's own words: "Wrong Crowd' was written on a day off in Australia in a random person's bedroom I found off Facebook to work on music that day. The song is about a man wrongly accused of robbery, writing his wife from prison."

Imagine Blood Orange meets Ariel Pink on a good day. In fact, don't imagine... Just hit play above.