VAN HUNT: WHERE IS THE LOVE?
We get pretty bummed out whenever we see Van Hunt's awesome debut album, Van Hunt, in the $5 bins at Amoeba Music. It was a big, Princely album, and its shoulda-been-bigger singles, "Dust" and "Hold My Hand," are two of our favorite R&B cuts of the past few years.

So when we got the promos for last week's On the Jungle Floor, we were convinced this would finally be his big breakout: It's a great record, with lots of '70s and '80s R&B touches, and he even rocks out a bit, though thankfully not in a Lenny Kravitz kind of way. So far, the response has been mixed, but maybe we can all turn that around. Check out "Dust" and "Hold My Hand" to get prepped, and then hit up these new Jungle Floor tracks:

Van Hunt, "Hot Stage Lights"
Van Hunt, "Mean Sleep" (with Nikka Costa)
Van Hunt, "Hole in My Heart" (Warning: Slow-Jam Alert)

Van Hunt Official Site