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The theme of this week’s Future Pop seems to be “boring bloke makes surprisingly good song,” as Josh Record is another artist who has caught me off guard recently. I usually turn off the radio when his music is played, and purposefully avoided his set at Madame Jojo’s when I went to see Lorde, but this week I found myself unwittingly enjoying his new single (originally released on a 2012 EP), For Your Love. It’s delicate and introspective, and there is something quite lovely about the chorus melody. As with Nick Mulvey, I think Josh will see much more success for his debut album than his singles so far, but For Your Love could be a breakthrough hit. It has, after all, achieved the enviable feat of being playlisted by both Radio 1 and Radio 2.
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