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Vegyn Serves Heavenly Electro-Pop on ‘The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions’: Album Review
Fans of Fred Again would do well to check out ‘The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions,’ the latest from British producer-artist Vegyn.
One element that distinguishes the music of artists like Jamie XX and Fred Again is that, unlike many other DJ-producers, they tend to come at their songs and even their DJ sets from a songwriter’s perspective more than a producer’s one. Although much of his earlier solo work was more production-based, British DJ-producer-artist Vegyn — aka Joseph Thornally, who’s worked extensively with Frank Ocean, Travis Scott, Kali Uchis, Jessie Reyez and others — has moved decisively into this category with his new album, “The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions.” (Perhaps it’s in Vegyn’s DNA: his father is Phil Thornally, a veteran musician-producer who was bassist for the Cure during the mid-‘80s and has worked with everyone from Bryan Adams to Mel C to the Thompson Twins and even co-wrote Natalie Imbruglia’s massive hit “Torn.”)
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