year: 2013
tones of: luther vandross (vocals), four tet (on voyeur), james blake (really failing when it comes to identifying similar artists!)
genre samples: house, techno, jazz, r&b, gospel, soul
music: complex, moody, soft, smooth, beautiful, slow, low, rumbling, stunning, somber, atmospheric
vocals: haunting, light, free, soft, vulnerable, strained, full, solid
favs: overgrown, life round here, take a fall for me, retrograde, digital lion (theme of this album - good, but gets better over time), to the last
note: while jb expands lyrically, vocally, and sonically, this doesn't have the brilliant contrast and tension of:
http://simmserely.blogspot.com/2012/10/james-blake-james-blake-review-sketch.html
score: 8/10 (a slow burner. be in the mood.)
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