James Blake

Electronic · 2011 · 11 tracks · 38m

James Blake

Skeletal soul and post-dubstep weight. A landmark of negative space where a fragile falsetto floats over sub-bass that feels like a physical presence.

It's like a soul record that was disassembled and put back together in a freezing cold digital void.

A stark, beautiful isolation that feels both physically heavy and emotionally weightless.

James Blake · vs · James Blake

Vulnerable+1.2σ

Vulnerable saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 38m

01

Unluck

3:00

02

The Wilhelm Scream

4:37

03

I Never Learnt to Share

4:52

04

Lindisfarne I

2:42

05

Lindisfarne II

3:02

06

Limit to Your Love

4:37

07

Give Me My Month

1:56

08

To Care (Like You)

3:53

09

Why Don’t You Call Me

1:36

10

I Mind

3:31

11

Measurements

4:20

Moments Worth Waiting For

The sudden, violent entry of the sub-bass on Limit to Your Love that physically shifts the room's air.

The way the vocal loop in I Never Learnt to Share builds into a claustrophobic, polyphonic choir of one.

The transition from the robotic vocoder of Lindisfarne I into the organic, rhythmic pulse of Lindisfarne II.

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