James Blake - Before (EP) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 16:50 minutes | 169 MB
R'n'B, Electronic | Label: Republic Records, Official Digital Download
Y’all ready for some new James Blake dance jams? Good! … Blake has released a magnificent new EP. Before is so titled because it supposedly hearkens back to Blake’s days as a wunderkind DJ/producer in the London club scene. That’s definitely true in a sense, but Before is also very much a product of Blake’s aftermath, matching its brisk dubstep and 2-step beats with all the studio savvy and songwriting acumen he’s accumulated over the course of the past decade. It doesn’t sound much like old-school abstract dance music James Blake to me, but it doesn’t really resemble new-school deconstructed balladeer James Blake either. It’s a new sound for him, and it’s exhilarating.