Posted December 31, 201014 yr Cover: http://nodata.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/James-Blake.jpg Tracklist: 01. Unluck 02. Wilhelm's Secret 03. I Never Learnt To Share 04. Lindesfarne I 05. Lindesfarne II 06. Limit To Your Love 07. Give Me My Month 08. To Care (Like You) 09. Why Don't You Call Me 10. I Mind 11. Measurements Got this today, it's quite amazing. Early favourite is Wilhelm's Secret, though needs a few more listens to properly sink in. I think he'll do quite well in Sound of 2011, though probably not win it as he's not *quite* as commercial as the previous winners. Would love this to be commercially successful, but I just can't see it somehow. Still, hope he keeps up the regular EPs after this!
January 2, 201114 yr More like deadly boring. Maybe it'll grow on me later but i doubt that. Don't get the hype that is around him at all!
January 15, 201114 yr I like the single a lot - even if he sounds like someone doing a Bryan Ferry / David Sylvian impression.
January 19, 201114 yr Deadly dull That's a bit of a sweeping generalisation, but there is some truth there. It's not that it's dull, but at times it's very sparse. I find the EPs far more accessible, actually.
January 20, 201114 yr purposefully / beautifully simple. if you can't understand why 'i never learnt to share' isn't genius then...i fear 4 yer ears. the end of that song, dear god.
January 20, 201114 yr I really like this album, personally don't think it's dull at all. As ヽ(´ー`)ﾉ said, it's purpousefully/beautifully simple!
January 20, 201114 yr purposefully / beautifully simple. if you can't understand why 'i never learnt to share' isn't genius then...i fear 4 yer ears. the end of that song, dear god. Dear God, you couldn't have chosen a more apt example of what I said. This is simple in more than one sense of the word. Annoying to the nth degree would also be a good description. This tells me more about the state of your ears than anything you could ever say. If you really want beautifully spare/ simple music then listen to Talk Talk's The Spirit of Eden.
January 20, 201114 yr The Spirit of Eden. <3 I don't think you quite get the aesthetic this album is going for though. Very deconstructive / experimenting with recent trends (specifically in dubstep) / heavily R&B influenced (which is one of my favorite genres of music). So good. Easily the best thing released this year, thus far.
January 20, 201114 yr I definitely don't get it. To me it sounds like Anthony Heggarty (whose voice I really can't stand) over a background of synth washes and skittery drums (dubstep I know) with an incredibly anal lyric repeated over and over to little effect. I know I should probably listen to the whole album but I really can't bring myself to do it. Now I've had my little whinge (Thank you!) I'll leave you all to enjoy this.
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