Chad Valley’s Hugo Manuel is back with his sophomore album, Entirely New Blue. The record is an exploration in identity and a return to the places that comfort us, especially when we return to them a different person. The album was written between London, where he lived for years with his longterm girlfriend, and Oxford, the town that he came home to when their relationship ended. Unlike previous material, and embodying the spirit of the music, Hugo’s voice appears higher in the mix and rinsed clean of effects. Similarly, the production is starker, providing Hugo the space to do more with less. Working with producer Joel Ford, the ethos of stripping away everything that’s not essential is apparent. A1 Understand A2 True A3 Labasa A4 Arms Away A5 Moon Under Water B1 Not That Man B2 Seventeen B3 Good Brains B4 Alisa
