Hey, fellow weeklydjers. I'm playing it safe with this one. James Blake won the Mercury this week, and I want to know what you all thought of his second album, Overgrown. I think it's a great album, and has some of the best tracks I've heard this year. I would love to discuss this album, similar albums, etc. Let me know what you guys think of it.

My picks: Overgrown, Take a Fall For Me, Retrograde

Artist: James Blake

Album: Overgrown

Release: 2013/04/05

Genres: #Electronic

----------------------------------------------------------------

Website Wikipedia

Last.fm YouTube Facebook Twitter MySpace

----------------------------------------------------------------

SIMILAR ARTISTS

Last.fm's Picks jayfixkleenit's Picks

* Mount Kimbie * SBTRKT

----------------------------------------------------------------

BIO

James Blake (born September 1988) is an electronic musician and singer-songwriter from London, England, United Kingdom. Blake is primarily considered a dubstep producer and is frequently heralded as a leading figure in the “post-dubstep” community, but he is also noted for his prominent soul influences. Blake was nominated the Critic’s Choice award by the 2011 BRIT Awards and the Sound of 2011 award by the BBC, and won second place in the latter. In addition, his self-titled debut LP, James Blake, was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Prize. Blake has also released material under the alias Harmonimix.

James Blake began his final year at Goldsmiths in September 2009 studying popular music while recording songs in his bedroom. In July 2009, he attended the Latymer School and released his debut single “Air and Lack Thereof” on Hemlock Audio. It was a firm favorite with Gilles Peterson from BBC Radio 1, and Blake was invited to do a special mix on Peterson’s worldwide show, which included an exclusive Mount Kimbie track.

Blake released his debut EP The Bells Sketch on 8 March 2010 on Hessle Audio, followed soon after by CMYK on 31 May 2010 and Klavierwerke on 10 October 2010, both on R&S Records. All three EPs were met with significant critical acclaim: BBC’s Nick Grimshaw chose CMYK as his Record of the Week, the title track of CMYK was ranked 24th on Frontier Psychiatrist’s top 40 songs of the year, and all three of Blake’s 2010 EPs were collectively ranked 8th on Pitchfork’s top 50 albums of 2010.

----------------------------------------------------------------

TRACKLIST

1. "Overgrown"

2. "I Am Sold"

3. "Life Round Here"

4. "Take a Fall for Me"

5. "Retrograde"

6. "DLM"

7. "Digital Lion"

8. "Voyeur"

9. "To the Last"

10. "Our Love Comes Back"

Edit: All my links have this extra bracket. Sorry, can't get rid of it.