James Blake - Overgrown

Well, this is ... unexpected

Started out okay. But those metal clangs. Uuuhf....

So, this is out today. Anyone got it yet?

  On 4/3/2013 at 5:35 PM, Dpek said:

Well, this is ... unexpected

 

Love this track! JB is still one of the most unique voices working within this dub/bass genre. Love those synth swells!

  On 4/3/2013 at 6:09 PM, Squee said:

Started out okay. But those metal clangs. Uuuhf....

Would leave them out or replace them with another percussive element? Not being dickish, just really curious.

I like them personally, though I feel he could of dropped them in and out of the mix a bit more - they kinda have that silly "moar cowbell" effect I suppose.

album of the day on bbc 6music tomorrow so will probably catch 4 or 5 tracks of it tomorrow. Mary anne hobbes has been describing it as a masterpiece and i kinda respect her views

I really liked Retrograde, and listening to the album now I wish he had a bit more punch in him, but overall it's a solid album. Still miss the beats and tricks he did in his early days though, but a good follow-up in the same vain as his debut album.

Sounds like Mr. Blake is really using the shit out of his prophet 08.

I really want to like James Blake, but it just never really clicks.

I'm really really liking this album - getting similar vibes to his debut, which I loved. If anything, it reminds me how great his composition and pacing can be, because I haven't heard music like this since his debut album.

On the early listens at least, Digital Lion through the end seems like a string of pretty perfect tracks.

I like his music, great album.

I am sold. So dope.

excellent, especially the second half.

  On 2/26/2013 at 2:51 AM, xxx said:

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

Fuck that's actually super lush. Amazing slap bass!

Take A Fall For Me is nice

this guys playing live on the coachella stream at the moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ucLeh4LgRFI

this album has really 'overgrown' on me

  On 4/15/2013 at 3:58 AM, Salvatorin said:

this album has really 'overgrown' on me

Yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot.

That Coachella performance was great.

New video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlaRjP8pg0Q

i feel like james blake needs to beef up his production chops so that his beats have character and his synth sounds are cool and evocative but not lame and cheesy. he should also try to execute some vocal ideas that are not meandering and redundant, perhaps he could try writing a song for instance. he should definitely at least try to make good music. then maybe he might not completely suck.

songs are lush iirc

real shit > shite imho

  On 4/16/2013 at 6:15 PM, Rulohead32 said:

New video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlaRjP8pg0Q

I wanted to like this video more than I did. It had promise but comes across as a sulky emo hipster pussy who's in love with the camera. I can't deal with it. That + the new age ringwraiths dancing around him at the end just ruins an otherwise promising visual.

So the ringwraiths all get sucked in into his asshole in the end?

I quite like it, the moaning just gets boring over the long run

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

Mmmm James Blake. Never quite got it.

Me neither.