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Review: 'Victoria+Jean'
'Divine Love'   

-  Album: 'Divine Love' -  Label: 'Fy Records'
-  Genre: 'Pop' -  Release Date: '29th April 2016'

Our Rating:
Audacious is the word. But then, it takes immense self-confidence and a willingness to take risks to make it on any level in the music industry. And so it is that the tracks on the debut album by ambitious duo Victoria+Jean have all been produced in collaboration with some big-name producers, including John Parish, Alastair Chant (PJ Harvey & John Parisah), Ian Caple (Tricky, Kate Bush), Rob Kirwan (Depeche Mode, The Horrors) and Joe Hirst (Stone Roses). How did they do it? The cheeky beggars sent tracks off to them and asked if they’d work on them. And what do you know, they actually agreed.

It helps that Swedish-born Victoria (singer, whose portrait, courtesy of Russian artist Oleg Dou graces the album’s cover) and Belgian Jean have some strong material which displays a certain eclecticism that lends itself to being tweaked.

Perhaps not entirely surprising, there are hints of PJ Harvey to be found on a number of tracks, but what makes ‘Divine Love’ stand out is its range. The title track opens the album, and Ian Caple’s misty, dreamy working not only harks back to his work with Tricky, but accentuates the Bjork-like qualities of Victoria’s voice and Jean’s composition. ‘Holly’ builds an off-kilter noise over a marching band stomp, while elsewhere, ‘Until it Breaks’ builds an uneasy tension through its brooding electro stylings, and the closer, ‘Define Love’ provides a dark, stark, slow-building counterpoint to the lighter pop moments.

Victoria+Jean Dolls Online
  author: Christopher Nosnibor

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Victoria+Jean - Divine Love