In the spring of 2020, Ben Cook - a.k.a. Young Governor, Young Guv, or just Guv - was holed up in the New Mexico high desert, his U.S. tour having been abruptly covid-cancelled during a southwest swing. He and his bandmates were living moment to moment in something called an Earthship, a solar-rigged adobe structure sustainably constructed with, among other things, recycled bottles and tires. And out there in the serene vastness, as a short ride-it-out stint turned into a nine-month sojourn, Ben was writing music, slowly, little by little, mostly at night while the others slept. By the New Year, almost in spite of himself, he had created a new album, two new albums actually, and through the ordeal he was forever changed. In a place he never expected to be, under circumstances no one could have predicted, and in the face of physical isolation, emotional desolation, and existential dread, Ben created GUV III & IV, a collection of songs dedicated and testifying to the eternal healing power of love - how to find it in the world, in others, and most importantly, in himself.

Tracklist:

Couldn't Leave U If I Tried
It's Only Dancin'
Lo Lo Lonely
Only Wanna See U Tonight
Good Time
Take Up All My Time
But I Ain't Got U
Same Old Fool
She Don't Cry For Anyone
Scam Likely
April Of My Life
Too Far Gone
Change Your Mind
Sign From God
Overcome
Love Me Don't Leave Me
Cry 2 Sleep
Cold In The Summer
Maybe I Should Luv Somebody Else
Helium
Nervous Around U
Nowhere At All
Wind In My Blood

UPC: 810097911239
Label: Run For Cover
Release Date: 7.15.22
Format: Vinyl Record

Young Guv - GUV III & IV [Yellow 2LP]