James Blake – New Single ‘Retrograde’ – available Feb 11th
Album ‘Overgrown’ – released April 8th. ICA show on February 26th
Two years after his debut album took UK bass culture down previously unimagined roads of introspection, James Blake returns with the epic ‘Retrograde’. The track is available from next Monday, February 11th.
Combining his heart-piercing songwriter side with a skyscraper of soaring electronics, ‘Retrograde’ takes the listener surfing on an emotional sine wave, an electronic soul testament that earmarks him out as the successor to the thrones long since vacated by Massive Attack and the Aphex Twin.
Zane Lowe will be premiering ‘Retrograde’ on his Radio 1 show at 7:30pm tonight. Head over to James’ YouTube channel shortly after it’s aired to listen back to the track:
Retrograde is the perfect introduction to his second LP ‘Overgrown’, an incredible album that sees James growing as a singer and songwriter while at the same time returning to the brain melting electronic perfection of his early releases on Hemlock and Hessle, moving way beyond any post-dubstep pigeonholes to include stunning reinterpretations of both hip-hop and house.
James will play at the ICA on February 26th. Tickets went on sale at 10am, available from here: http://jamesblake.seetickets.com/