Blog: Quit Mumbling

Hugo Manuel, aka Chad Valley, makes music that battles for some sort of middle ground between melancholic electronica and cheerful pop. Judging by the title of his 2011 release Equatorial Ultravox , you would probably think he takes himself way too seriously or belongs with the heaps of cheesy,  post 702s prog rock bands that somehow still exist. Well he doesn't. Manuel makes seriously enjoyable music filled to brim with enthusiastic, youthful energy.  "Now That I'm Real (How Does It Feel?)" opens the album up with the help of singer Rose Dagul of Rhosyn. Here's a track that will get [...]