Boo Boo CD

Far from his origins are a progenitor of chillwave and a man whose sound was synonymous with a certain kind of hazed-out and blissful abstraction, Chaz Bear has changed up his act considerably in the intervening in the years, embarding a funkier and fuller sound whilst also coming to the fore as a lead vocalist and personality. 'Boo Boo' is every bit as obsessed with the sounds and styles of the '80s as ever, yet the cherry-picking here goes above and beyond anything he's attempted before, embracing the limber lustiness of Prince once moment and the ashen-faced dirges of early Cure the next - yet crucially amidst this indie-RnB hybrid there's a seductive yearning that remains Bear's calling card and separates these moods and cadences from any other hipsterati troubadour on the block.