To speculate is, of course, risky, but probably there are good opportunities to ”Assume the form” will be the album that allowed the puritans to turn James Blake back. For us who thought that the acclaimed and widely influential, britten made a well-sleepy entrance into the rooms where the modern poppen meets the soul is his fourth fullängdssläpp however, a big step forward.
”The colour in anything” from 2016, with its seventeen tracks were long and inefficient, goes the sequel directly on the nervous system. With guests with urban credibility, Travis Scott, and Andre 3000, approaching Blake contemporary sounds with a new, chosefri ease. The result is the bitwise closest hitmässigt, as in soulpastischerna ”Can’t believe the way we flow” and ”I’ll come too”, but for the sake of compromising on the author’s artistic integrity. This year so far the best album for what it is worth in January.
Best track: ”Can’t believe the way we flow”
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