James Blake - Overgrown

From his facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/jamesblakemusic

Excited to hear it!! I like Retrograde.

Mmmm James Blake. Never quite got it.

Does anyone remember when his debut album leaked the day of its announcement?

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2013/02/07/listen-new-james-blake-retrograde/

dat... hand clap?

  On 2/7/2013 at 9:33 PM, beerwolf said:

Mmmm James Blake. Never quite got it.

The early EPs were great and his side-project Harmonimix is still in the vein of his earlier tracks. I thought his singles were pretty novel (wilhem scream, limit to your love), but since the LP it's all variations of the same formula and it's not exactly the most exciting stuff for me personally.

  On 2/7/2013 at 11:54 PM, joshuatx said:

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2013/02/07/listen-new-james-blake-retrograde/

 

dat... hand clap?

Hahaha, yeah. And those fucking synths!

Actually I like the new song :) Yes, it is James Blake's standard mix: his vocals, piano, minimalistic drums and crazy synths. But the man knows his business

I admit I really dig Retrograde despite my hate for his eponymous album.

I like Retrograde a lot too, but if it's the best track, or the most "busy" track, then I won't care much for the new album. I loved his first EPs and remixes, then his hair got longer and he started to sing.

To my delight, his vocal stuff was pretty novel - the complete antithesis to where dubstep was going to the other end of the spectrum of aggro-brostep bullshit. His productions returned to the actual concept of "dub" with the use of space and experimentation in rhythm But it was played out completely on the LP, some of the tracks were just him and a piano track and that's too sparse for me. If he has more tracks akin to the CMYK EP or his Harmonimix remixes on the new album, I will be all over it. If it's just an hour of minimal instrumentation sometimes accenting his effects-heavy acappella crooning about love and shit then my interest will drop greatly.

I actually really like his vocal vocal in this tune. It's just such a shame that the synths are so fucking loud.

EDIT: That turtle neck...

  On 2/10/2013 at 10:43 PM, Squee said:

I actually really like his vocal vocal in this tune. It's just such a shame that the synths are so fucking loud.

 

EDIT: That turtle neck...

I think they build perfectly, when they drop out leaving just the sparse drums at the end I got chills.

I have to agree on the turtle neck though.. .. lol

oh god no

Saw him perform his new stuff at Sónar Reykjavík the other week. It was all a bit lost on me as I'm not a fan, but it sounded decent enough. I'll say this though, his drummer was terrible when using mallets - mishits all over the place.

CMYK is great but I don't really get his albums. Not for me I guess

that image is the epitome of http://depresseddjs.tumblr.com/

edit:

that cant be the cover.. source on that? his self titled had fantastic art and this looks amateurish

edit:

aw bugger, it is the cover

His earlier EP's were far more interesting... This still remains my favorite James Blake tune,

the Klavierwerke EP also has some good ones... Didnt really care for CMYK and never really bothered with the LP beyond an intitial listen

Did he get his wisdom teeth removed the day before the cover photo was taken?

I think he's dreamy.


But yeah his music is a big fucking snore-fest

  On 2/26/2013 at 2:51 AM, xxx said:

Like the earlier stuff best, this one is probably his best work

flol I have to stop, I'm about to hyperventilate at work

I always marvel that people who spend time producing such audio brilliance

No joke, because it could be official.

I'm officially excited now, I like these two tracks a lot more than "Retrograde"

http://1-800-dinosaur.tumblr.com/post/44788947107/james-blake-digital-lion

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2013/03/07/james-blake-voyeur-dub/

Really chill b-side to the Voyeur (Dub) single.

Another promising track. I hope the rest of the album is this diverse, if not more so.