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Autre Ne Veut: Love, Guess Who?? review – long-awaited return is like peak Magic FM
Arthur Ashin’s first album for nearly a decade sounds bruised and careful, its melodies strong and simple – including his best song to date
Arthur Ashin, AKA Autre Ne Veut, emerged in 2010 with a self-titled instant classic of underground pop: think Prince had he lived alone in a dank tenement block, ranting to himself into the night. Blessed with a truly individual voice – heartfelt crooning with an edge of nasal NYC – Ashin professionalised his sound on two follow-ups, then disappeared for nearly a decade. The brilliant World War Pt 3 cries out for a half-shirtless music video in a desert, and Ways I’m Like My Mother for a crowd of gently waving phone-lights.
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