Ben Cook, the pilot behind the controls for Young Guv, now known as GUV, has never shied away from trying his hand at a musical style. Previous works found him digging into new wave, country rock, glam, chillwave, and most impressively power pop. No matter the style his unerring way with a melody, his note-prefect production skills, and overall way with a song has mean that every record he’s made has been well worth hearing, and even sometimes bordering on brilliant.
For 2026’s Warmer Than Gold Cook swerves into the sound of the U.K. guitar rock scene of the first half of the 1990s. Taking inspiration from the Stone Roses — most notably “Fool’s Gold” — along with My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, and other paragons of baggy, shoegaze,…