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Benji Hughes

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Hughes’ status as “Best Kept Charlotte Secret” has been eighty-sixed with the release of A Love Extreme. Some worried that synths and programmed beats would dilute Hughes’ material, but they haven’t — a testimony to the strength of his songs, where light and dark balance comfortably, and everyone from The Fab Four and Ray Davies to Leonard Cohen influences the fun.

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