Will Young - Falling Deep

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The gay interest only covers album predictably got about a week out of me before I returned to the originals and forgot all about it, but I’m open to another Jealousy style banger if he still has one in him.
 
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I loved the last album but he’s pretty hit or miss with me typically.
 
I don’t have much interest in cover albums generally, but I loved All The Songs and My Love (especially the F9 remix) from Lexicon
 
He has been teasing this as his best pop album since Echoes, but I think Echoes part 2 was kind of the sell for Lexicon already (which I liked for the most part). Here for this anyway.
 
I'm totally here for a Lexicon retread.

The trio of Get Me Dancing / Ground Running / Dreaming Big have become perennial faves.
 
Album to follow on 9th August called Light It Up

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1. Falling Deep - 3:08
2. Light It Up - 2:47
3. Feels Just Like A Win - 4:03
4. Midnight - 3:23
5. Me Without You - 4:31
6. The Worst - 2:58
7. No Man's Land - 3:02
8. Talk About It - 3:43
9. Everything But You - 4:27
10. I Won't Let You Down - 3:44
 
I always like Will Young, until I see or read an interview with him.

Some terrific songs, but a bit of a dickhead thesedays
 
Turned into a big fan of his once he washed the Pop Idol off. Some good early singles such as Friday's Child and Leave Right Now, the rather forgotten Let It Go album had some low key great reflective pop songs, and Echos remains an absolutely tremendous album. Lexicon had its moments but relied more on modern dance than retro/dance, so I'd to love to see him return to that.
 
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those song titles and album cover are giving ultra mor/for the radio 2 huns only. not Echoes or Lexicon pt 2...
 
He's embarking on quite an extensive tour of smaller venues for an evening of 'music, stories and laughter'. Not sure Will Young is somebody who immediately springs to mind as one of pop's great RACONTEURS, but he's going to a couple of quite nice venues round my way so if it's cheap enough I might be tempted.

 
First listen I quite like it, without being blown away. Hopefully it will grow. The 80s synth-ness of it all bodes well if that's an ongoing theme for the album.
 
"Here is my big pop album, please do come to my intimate, stripped back acoustic shows" feels an odd sell.

After a couple of listens I really like the single. It does have a retro pop sound with a particular Scandi sounding sheen that is a little different for him.
 
I see he is on BMG now which feels a good fit for him.

Also Kish Mauve and Andy Cato are involved in the album so some familiar contributors there.
 
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He's embarking on quite an extensive tour of smaller venues for an evening of 'music, stories and laughter'. Not sure Will Young is somebody who immediately springs to mind as one of pop's great RACONTEURS, but he's going to a couple of quite nice venues round my way so if it's cheap enough I might be tempted.

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Playing Gloucester AND Cheltenham. Wow didn't realise things had got so bad
 
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He's embarking on quite an extensive tour of smaller venues for an evening of 'music, stories and laughter'. Not sure Will Young is somebody who immediately springs to mind as one of pop's great RACONTEURS, but he's going to a couple of quite nice venues round my way so if it's cheap enough I might be tempted.

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Oh, he's entering his Miss Warwick phase :disco:
 
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Probably quite a smart move to choose not just smaller venues, but also smaller towns to reel them in. Song is fine and he looks a bit like present-day Hunter now. Back in my vintage years I used to get told I was the spit of him - who knew all these years later I wouldn't actually mind being spat on by him.
 
That's actually brilliant. It takes a minute to get interesting but I love the production choices. He does this type of dreamy retro pop better than his funforRadio2 soft rock.
 
I’m quite enjoying this. This should have been the lead single
 
What's up with all the midnight-themed songs being released on the same day?
This has a nice vibe to it.

I've never stopped liking Will Young, so, good on him for still releasing music to this day!
 
It sounds very different but I see this is from the same team as Falling Deep. I'm not really sure about it to be honest, I'm hoping for more like Midnight on the album.
 
I’m loving all the 70s revival stuff to be honest. I like Perrie’s Tears for the same reason but the sound isn’t landing as well as maybe some producers might think it’s the new pop sound. I’d be up for it but maybe it’s not gonna happen.
 
I quite like the Perrie track, though the chorus is a bit muted and doesn't really sparkle like I wish it would. With this, I think it is partially disappointment from me misunderstanding what he meant when he repeatedly said this was a pop album - I thought we were getting another Echoes, and on the evidence so far this will not be that.



The oooooooaaaaaah bits before the chorus I really do not like.
 
Genius suggests an Andy Cato-produced cover of this on the album:



I can easily imagine Will singing it. Also one Andy-Will co-write, and another Kish Mauve-Will co-write.
 
I feel I Won’t Let You Down seems to be sampled ridiculously amounts, but that could be me.

Angel City did it/used it; Karen Harding I think did it last year and I feel there’s been another one or two in the past few years.

Interested to hear his take though.
 
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