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sean [Edit] [Delete] 55 replies 10:46 February 7th, 2013

What do you think this new track will sound like? https://twitter.com/zanelowe/status/299467130712252417

I'm guessing Four Tet meets Fleet Foxes.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_mugMONJM8

Is the only new one I've heard on the Hessle Audio show for a while. Could be that, but if its some kind of Zane Low premier then its gonna be his indie stuff innit or we would have already heard it.

jimitheexploder | 7 Feb '13, 10:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Really hope he does push something like this..
  
  or the darker bits that were on his Essential Mix
  probably going to be crappy stuff if it's a Lowe show though.
  
  E_H_Gombreak @jimitheexploder | 7 Feb '13, 11:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I forgot the essential mix
    
    yeah there was loads of new stuff in that. Fact reckon its a track called 'Retrograde' so maybe its a Bloc Party cover haha.
    
    jimitheexploder @E_H_Gombreak | 7 Feb '13, 11:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Haha, I kind of hope it is.
      
      E_H_Gombreak @jimitheexploder | 7 Feb '13, 11:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Butthole Surfers meets Newton Faulkner

yuggy | 7 Feb '13, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
piano tinkling with silly vocal effects to make everything think he's really ExPerImeNTAL

guntrip | 7 Feb '13, 11:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

Jordan_229_2 this'd this
- ^ irked
  
  badmanreturns @guntrip | 7 Feb '13, 18:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Even his siblings don't talk to him...
  
  thedamnedear @guntrip | 11 Feb '13, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
press release (does not feature the words game or changer)

- New Single ‘Retrograde’ – available Feb 11th
- Album ‘Overgrown’ – released April 8th
- ICA show on February 26th

Two years after his debut album took UK bass culture down previously unimagined roads of introspection, James Blake returns with the epic ‘Retrograde’. The track is available from next Monday, February 11th.

Combining his heart-piercing songwriter side with a skyscraper of soaring electronics, ‘Retrograde’ takes the listener surfing on an emotional sine wave, an electronic soul testament that earmarks him out as the successor to the thrones long since vacated by Massive Attack and the Aphex Twin.

Zane Lowe will be premiering 'Retrograde' on his Radio 1 show at 7:30pm tonight. Head over to James' YouTube channel shortly after it's aired to listen back to the track: http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesblakeproduction

Retrograde is the perfect introduction to his second LP ‘Overgrown’, an incredible album that sees James growing as a singer and songwriter while at the same time returning to the brain melting electronic perfection of his early releases on Hemlock and Hessle, moving way beyond any post-dubstep pigeonholes to include stunning reinterpretations of both hip-hop and house.

James will play at the ICA on February 26th. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday February 8th, available from here: http://jamesblake.seetickets.com/

sean | 7 Feb '13, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Took UK bass culture down previously unimagined roads of introspection...
  
  You're making that up, right?
  
  Sloame_Ocean @sean | 7 Feb '13, 17:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - nope. Copy-pasted.
    
    sean @Sloame_Ocean | 7 Feb '13, 18:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
shit

Jordan_229_2 | 7 Feb '13, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Like 2011

Puds | 7 Feb '13, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
so his new one then

http://youtu.be/bH6OEh2Z4Qw

StormJH | 7 Feb '13, 20:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Radiohead meets Everything Everything

maybe with a little bit of My Bloody Valentine

Yesiamaduck | 7 Feb '13, 20:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
Quite enjoyed the new song.

Even tolerated Lowe's voice for another half hour so I could hear it twice.

Seems to be a lot of Janes Blake hate on here all of a sudden. Everyone was going crazy over him a couple of years back, we're a fickle bunch eh? I prefer CMYK and his Hessle stuff too, but his album was far from bad. There were some fantastic songs on it, just a little too much filler. I for one am excited to see where he goes next.

coolerthantv | 7 Feb '13, 21:06 | X | ^ This | Reply

badmanreturns, thetaxidriver, E_H_Gombreak, Kyle_, SCROTUM, that_bald_owl, and kilgore-trout this'd this
- ^this
  
  badmanreturns @coolerthantv | 7 Feb '13, 21:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This track seems more assured
  
  the song writing is more structured, well the vocals are more structured so it sounds more conventunal and it works here. Just a small step from the album stuff. Not mega excited since I lean mroe towards his other stuff but yeah its proper nice. Indie goons are just scared all the good indie is coming from everywhere but indie ;)
  
  jimitheexploder @coolerthantv | 7 Feb '13, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - My issue with him (and the XX) was the trend of boring, passionless, sterile music becoming a thing to aspire to.
    
    I've not had a chance to listen to the new thing yet but will try and do so with open ears.
    
    theguywithnousername @jimitheexploder | 10 Feb '13, 18:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    furio this'd this
    - PS don't get me wrong - he's clearly a really, really, really talented guy.
      
      It's just I saw him live a couple of years ago and couldn't believe how joyless the whole thing was. Something about James Blake feels almost something puritanical - it's almost as though he feels there's something sinful and wrong about anyone actually having fun with making music.
      
      theguywithnousername @theguywithnousername | 10 Feb '13, 19:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Now listened to it and pretty much stick to this^
        
        It's absolutely technically brilliant but earnest as fuck and dull as ditchwater.
        
        theguywithnousername @theguywithnousername | 10 Feb '13, 19:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Body_In_The_Thames this'd this
        
        this is my feeling too
        
        also, he's very much in love with that Prophet '08 preset
        
        not feeling the turtle neck either
        
        SO earnest
        
        Body_In_The_Thames @theguywithnousername | 11 Feb '13, 14:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- despite the sarky comment above I actually quite like his album
  
  prefer it to the earlier EPs, they're pretty directionless bleepy bloopy a lot of the time.
  
  guntrip @coolerthantv | 7 Feb '13, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
turned it off after four seconds, whats that aguilera thing about?

Jordan_229_2 | 7 Feb '13, 21:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Based on your other thread though
  
  you were aching to hate it anyway
  
  wonton @Jordan_229_2 | 10 Feb '13, 18:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - yeah, aching mate.
    
    Jordan_229_2 @wonton | 10 Feb '13, 21:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Absolutely
      
      I presume you still see his music as a kind of emperor's new clothes, and his fans only fawn over him because of how "experimental" he is?
      
      wonton @Jordan_229_2 | 11 Feb '13, 16:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - no, just find it dull.
        
        Jordan_229_2 @wonton | 11 Feb '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        4 seconds of dullness
        
        At least you gave it a fair go
        
        wonton @Jordan_229_2 | 11 Feb '13, 20:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
He's wank.

shakerwors | 7 Feb '13, 23:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
this song is pretty much my least favourite thing i can imagine.

just the most sterile sounding thing

Nestor | 8 Feb '13, 00:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
I love it, and I love his album.

Very much looking forward to 'Overgrown'.

medulla | 8 Feb '13, 09:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

dacbo this'd this
listened to it twice earlier

I can't remember much about it earlier.

sean | 8 Feb '13, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That's basically how I feel about the first album tbh
  
  It's nice, but there's not much to get your teeth into. Hopefully with the press release's references to his earlier EPs the second will be a bit meatier
  
  andyvine @sean | 11 Feb '13, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
more importantly, since when was James Blake really hot?

someone posted a photo of him on facebook yesterday and i had to leave the room and have a glass of water to cool down.

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 8 Feb '13, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

Ymmit and innisj this'd this
Official video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p6PcFFUm5I

This is REALLY good. Proper goosebumps shit when the heavy chords drop in at around 2 minutes.

badmanreturns | 10 Feb '13, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- agree, it's surprisingly awesome
  
  SCROTUM @badmanreturns | 10 Feb '13, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  kilgore-trout, Vian, wonton, and rainmaker this'd this
- Pretty good. Video made me think of Melancholia.
  
  kittensgotclaws @badmanreturns | 10 Feb '13, 21:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Suddenly I’m hit

Is this darkness of the dawn

cronenberg | 10 Feb '13, 18:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
.

Is he doing a whole album with Trim? Or was that 12 a one off?

CHAIRMAN_LMAO | 11 Feb '13, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
gonna try and catch him djing at plastic people

tried to go once before but it filled up. anyone seen him dj recently? what's he been dropping?

BarryShitpeas | 11 Feb '13, 20:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- turds
  
  Jordan_229_2 @BarryShitpeas | 11 Feb '13, 20:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Seen him a couple of times but not particularly recently
  
  isn't a very good dj really
  
  subbero @BarryShitpeas | 11 Feb '13, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - mainly because of all the turds
    
    subbero @subbero | 11 Feb '13, 20:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
'suddenly I'm hip' - james blake c.2011

actually a big fan of the new song - more in line with the earlier EPs which I love but retaining a lot of the earnestness and emo-ness of the album which for some reason I really connect with. I can see where people are coming from calling him overly earnest and stuff though - guess you like it or you don't really, he's obviously very proficient.

brainfeedr | 11 Feb '13, 21:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Could his new album actually be pretty decent?

http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/08/hear-an-extended-preview-of-james-blakes-eagerly-awaited-overgrown/

This is good, god damn it...

Joseph_SP | 11 Mar '13, 13:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Course it could
  
  he always been ace and has really honed his craft for the song writing stuff it seems he just gets flack for coming from more trendy areas of music than a lot of indie bands. And his album cover looking like something from fern gully. Which would be cool if he did a remix called Furn Gully Goon Estate.
  
  jimitheexploder @Joseph_SP | 11 Mar '13, 13:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :D
    
    SCROTUM @jimitheexploder | 11 Mar '13, 14:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    badmanreturns this'd this
- :D
  
  "There's a fine line between soulful vocals and whining like a creepy baby with a broken voice, and it seems he needs a haircut to see it."
  
  cronenberg @Joseph_SP | 11 Mar '13, 13:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
New track

http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/19/hear-the-album-version-of-james-blakes-scorched-earth-house-track-voyeur/

jimitheexploder | 19 Mar '13, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- So good.
  
  badmanreturns @jimitheexploder | 19 Mar '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i dont understand how people can even open a webpage
  
  with that image and want to spend more than a second on it without feeling like a dickhead
  
  Nestor @jimitheexploder | 19 Mar '13, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - you've got to block out the images and open another tab
    
    then its still tough but lets be honest a pic of James Blake in Fern Gully is no more embarasing than any other indie bands image of cardigans and that in the woods.
    
    jimitheexploder @Nestor | 19 Mar '13, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - it is hard tho
      
      he's not making it easy for the fans to like is he haha. You've got to admire the confidence to look like such a gimp and an easy target for the haters and not be fussed by making it his album cover.
      
      jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 19 Mar '13, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
I heard this chap on the radio this morning.

It sounded rather good.

fellover | 19 Mar '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

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