At the end of 2015, Spotify sent me a nifty little recap of my most-played music that year. The song I listened to the most? James Blake’s “Retrograde.” It is so entirely alien and bizarre, yet strikes such a raw emotional chord. And then when I saw it as the background music to this mesmerizing slow-mo surf video, shot at Teahupo’o, it really sealed the deal for me. Suffice it to say, I’m a huge James Blake fan.
This is a long-winded way of explaining that I’m therefore obviously all over James Blake’s new album. It’s dark, just the way I like it. Perhaps my favorite track so far is “Radio Silence.”
This album opener seeps into your bones with the haunting refrain: “I can’t believe this, you don’t want to see me / I don’t know how you feel / Just please, more time.”
Sometimes the most powerful lyrics aren’t the ones shrouded in metaphor, but rather raw honest admissions of pain. #feelings
Oh, also, after a year of my own radio silence on this blog (GET IT?), I’ve decided that this place will evolve into a more spontaneous dump of my random thoughts and ramblings rather than the polished place it used to be. At this point in my life, if I insisted on keeping it formal on here, it just wouldn’t happen: my perfectionism can stifle all of my output if I let it.
Basically, let’s just “keep it casual,” OK? (This decision should surprise exactly none of my ex-lovers.)
See ya around! xx
Alexander Supervamp 