Today I've seen the first review of the new James Blake album. I can't remember there being this much of a fever surrounding a new LP from an electronic artist before. Presumably he is the one who got picked up by the indie journos in 2010 to be the token electronica artist they obsess about for the next 12 months. But, in fairness, the man makes good music. Tiny Mix Tapes reviewer Jakob Dorof says: "It’s a desperately lonely set of songs that will certainly take time to settle, but there could be no better time to start doing so than the dead of winter." Which is probably not wrong. The album is not actually due out until some time in February, which gives us all time to allow anticipation to do its worst upon us. But for those who cannot wait, or who love to swipe free music, the LP was leaked some time ago - hence the Tiny Mix Tapes review, which seems to set a new standard in what qualifies as privilege for writing a review. Not at all a desperate attempt to jump the gun, of course.
Here is the review, anyway: Click
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