"For a while, Van Hunt was a well-connected industry type, writing and producing for pop singers like Dionne Farris, Joi and Nikka Costa. He’s even managed by Randy “Pitchy Dawg” Jackson. But beneath his velvet-smooth, VH1-friendly lover man persona is a bit of a superfreak. His evocative arrangements have always shown touches of Prince and Peter Gabriel; he covered Iggy Pop on his sophomore album and recorded a third album so free-wheeling and unconcerned with genre or anyone’s hopes that he become John Legend 2.0 that his previous label refused to put it out it. The punk-inflected Popularcan be found on the internet, but has yet to garner an official release, and Hunt leftEMI on bad terms.
After a few years of regrouping, he’s back with What Were You Hoping For?, which he recorded himself and is releasing through his own label, and he’s clearly thrilled to not have to answer to anyone"
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http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/van-hunt-what-were-you-hoping-for.html
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http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/van-hunt-what-were-you-hoping-for.html
Having heard the CD myself I'm not as enthused as Mr Tedder- I'd go so far as to say it's bloody terrible in places, most places in fact. Yet the track Moving Targets is kinda wonderful
