James Blake - Loading

Sounds like: Bon Iver, Caribou, Tora

Tags: Editor's Pick, electro, bon iver, caribou

By Mikky George on Aug 6, 2023 | The Eternal Warm-UpJames Blake gives us the most existential sound that we've all needed to hear in and amongst this eternal panic."Loading" is the best film you've ever heard. It's a pulse-pounding 21st-century ba... read more →

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James Blake - Coming Back (Ft. SZA)

Sounds like: Perfume Genius, Little Dragon, FKA Twigs

Tags: Editor's Pick, indie pop, rap, pop

By Mikky George on Oct 21, 2021 | Do You Still Remember My Voice?A melancholic narrative is made poignant by an utterly destructive slow-burn beat and progression.James Blake and SZA has created something immensely expressive, "Coming Back" is a tr... read more →

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James Blake - Life is Not the Same

Sounds like: Frank Ocean, Burial, Jamie xx

Tags: Editor's Pick, R&B, James Blake, indie R&B

By Stacy Klein on Aug 27, 2021 | Subtle and atmospheric, James Blake has shared his new song, “Life is Not the Same.” The track followers previous release “Say What Your Will” and both are due to feature on his new album, Friends That Break Your H... read more →

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James Blake - Are You Even Real?

Sounds like: Bon Iver, Airhead, SOHN

Tags: Editor's Pick, Electronic, downtempo, alternative

By Morgan Hume on Jul 16, 2020 | I’ve never taken a psychedelic, but I imagine this song sort of feels like one. As you listen, you feel like you're floating far above somewhere far away or outside of your body. ... read more →

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James Blake - If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead

Sounds like: Mount Kimbie, SOHN

Tags: experimental, Experimental electronic, electronica

By Dylan Heneck on Jan 25, 2018 | There's new James Blake; this is an obligatory post; opinion is varied. I, for one, am stoked that we have an artist willing to make such lovely, strange music despite whatever incentives there might be to put out more crowd friendly sounds. This so... read more →

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James Blake - Timeless (Ft. Vince Staples)

Sounds like: SOHN, Sampha

Tags: Electronic, Experimental electronic, James Blake

By Aaron Blum on Sep 2, 2016 | In case you are living under a rock, James Blake dropped a new album this year that I consider to be one of the top five albums of the year, and "Timeless" is up there as one of my favorite tracks from The Colour in Anything. Having recently collabo... read more →

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James Blake - I Need A Forest Fire (Ft. Bon Iver)

Sounds like: S. Carey, James Vincent McMorrow

Tags: Editor's Pick, folk, James Blake, bon iver

By Jason Grishkoff on May 6, 2016 | In case you somehow missed it, James Blake released a new album last night. One of the standouts on the release is this single, "I Need A Forest Fire." It features none other than Bon Iver, and comes across as a beautiful, beautiful experimental fol... read more →

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James Blake - Modern Soul

Sounds like: Jamie xx, How To Dress Well, Mount Kimbie

Tags: Electronic, male vocalist, soul

By Tobias Handke on Feb 16, 2016 | James Blake returns with his first piece of new music in ages during his BBC Radio 1 residency. Entitled "Modern Soul," that track places Blake's soulful vocals over a soothing piano line that slowly interjects building electronic sounds with Blake'... read more →

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