i didn't like krule at all first but realllllly came around to him via cold spring faultless youth. do they have more material together besides those cpl tracks?
― Nobody ever knows anything. (sleepingbag), Monday, 22 June 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link
Just remixes.
― austinato (Austin), Monday, 22 June 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
probably his poppiest song ever but i'm into ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT_GfzTjNkk
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 12 February 2016 00:29 (eight years ago) link
I'm pretty excited for the album after hearing that.
― Austin, Friday, 12 February 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
'Timeless'
This sounds like one of his older tunes. Like, first album-ish. I'm into it.
― Austin, Friday, 15 April 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
new album out at midnight (Greenwich time?) tonight
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 5 May 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
the three new songs are nice enough (esp. 'Radio Silence') but are in a very similar mode, hoping for some curveballs on the album.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 5 May 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
And it's on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1WyrGCkFDlH1xPadZ5qTkL
― Austin, Friday, 6 May 2016 00:28 (seven years ago) link
Wow, this album is really long and really slow. Very dark and down.
Definitely not what I expected. Will definitely take a few listens for everything to sort itself out.
― Austin, Friday, 6 May 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
kinda worked perfect this morning on the train ride, helped that it's been raining and drab here for like a week.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 6 May 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
it is a little long though for sure
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 6 May 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
Yikes this is horrible
― Evan R, Friday, 6 May 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
Horrible for sounding like a James Blake album, or horrible compared to other James Blake albums?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 6 May 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
I kind of liked his other albums, so I think it's pretty horrible by his standards. Really dry and dull and formulaic.
― Evan R, Friday, 6 May 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
people are losing their minds over this, and i think i really hate it
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 6 May 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, I only listened to it once. I liked it, but it seemed to be a little much; too samey. Like I said, it could possibly sort itself out upon further listens, but I would officially call my initial reaction "underwhelmed."
― Austin, Sunday, 8 May 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
I hope my life is a jam
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
this sounds like a load of barely-bothered demos. an oddly loveless, and painful - at nearly 20 tracks - sounding album. though ive only heard it once. so maybe it reveals more with repeated plays (it did seem to get a bit better in the final third or thereabouts). almost like an album designed to irritate you with how samey it is. maybe its his way of showing he has no designs on being a popstar after his little post-beyonce brush with fame. its more like an album-dump you expect from someone brand new, rather than someone on their 3rd album.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 13 May 2016 09:20 (seven years ago) link
why didn't Rick Rubin tell him to cut it down to the essentials, i thought that was his job?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 13 May 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
This is very good hangover music.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 14 May 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
Listening to the sample on I Need a Forest Fire reminds me that I wish Blake stuck to producing tracks like CMYK rather than trying to sing
― warm winds and clear skies, Sunday, 15 May 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
James Blake is amazing. Come at me, bro
― kingtrouty, Friday, 27 January 2017 09:14 (seven years ago) link
Specifically, his self-titled album. Deep crescendos, melodic, sad. Is there anyone like him? Nah, there isn't. It's incidiniary in its own far out, beautiful way. Have a beer on me.
Mt. Kimbie is the ****, too. Well, Crooks & Lovers is dope (just to keep this thread on topic, sorta, I guess).
― kingtrouty, Friday, 27 January 2017 09:22 (seven years ago) link
I like his production and arrangements, can't stand his voice. Particularly as many other male singers working in similar milieu seem to have since adopted a similar affectedly quavery style.
― chap, Friday, 27 January 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55d6058ae4b0b63503024ae4/t/5964f1171b631b9e66de590c/1499787606456
First listen now. Fucking goosebumps good. 'Blue Train Lines' — oh my god.
I had pretty high hopes coming after the last record and this one, just on first impression, is already resonating extremely heavily.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 8 September 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
sweet!
― sleepingbag, Friday, 8 September 2017 17:49 (six years ago) link
Man, this album is so good.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Friday, 8 September 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
I liked the first Kimbie album, skipped the second, don't really get this one. It songs seem very structureless, and they seem to be trying quite hard to be so which I don't find appealing. Maybe I need to listen more carefully.
― chap, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
And it's got the can't-be-arsed style of singing I hate.
It seems like an improvement on the last one, and I respect them for moving on from their early style, but I'm just not into it either.
Crooks & Lovers still sounds amazing in 2017.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 16:55 (six years ago) link
Blue Train Lines sounds so much like Young Fathers it's distracting. I mean, I love Young Fathers, but still.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
even with the charismatic and enthralling performance of King Krule I couldn't get past the fourth track on this, in theory it's something I should enjoy but it was just so boring and life is too short
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
Best JB track in awhile?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYXM3uz1bjM
It's closer to his earlier approach of using his performances as grist for processing rather than making them the focal point.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 26 January 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
That song is one of the best things he's done. Like Radiohead if they were good
― paolo, Sunday, 11 February 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
That song sounds nothing like Radiohead.
It’s more like Kraftwerk if they were good.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 11 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
new album is really nice, definitely his best since the debut, maybe even better than that?
he's finally come into his own as a songwriter, not just a producer, and all the collaborations are great and well integrated unlike say that terrible RZA one from Overgrown
― ufo, Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
talking about James Blake's Assume Form of course, though Dominic Maker from Mount Kimbie did co-produce most of it
"Mile High" is very Forest Temple-core
― ufo, Friday, 18 January 2019 04:18 (five years ago) link
i've never been a huge fan but I really enjoyed this album on first listen this morning , went well with the snowy train ride .
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 18 January 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
I'm traveling but very much looking forward to this when I get back.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 18 January 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
I've got a soft spot for this one.
CANDLE LIGHT DINNER OF FISH AND CHIPS WITH VINEGAR
― triggercut, Monday, 21 January 2019 09:38 (five years ago) link
I expected it to be crap after the Colour in Anything. Pleased to say my expectations were way off. This is his best album so far. It's weird how good he's been on record thus far and I'm able to just say this new one is easily his best after just a few listens. Really a great album.
I hope Dom (maybe Kai!) from Mount Kimbie get higher profile work after this. They've been good (and only improving) for three full lengths and a bunch of EPs. Definitely co-credit Dom for the strength of Assume Form.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 21 January 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
yeah it's quite a turn around and i agree it's his best - i still like his debut a fair bit but after revisiting it i found it falls off towards the end. surprised this got panned so hard from p4k when they published much more positive reviews for the last two far weaker albums
― ufo, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 06:11 (five years ago) link
The first line of that p4k review is annoying re: "confessional" songwriting. I thought it was long established that he doesn't actually have any siblings?
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 13:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah, that Pitchfork thing is just stupid.
"Suffocating seriousness" <— They're reviewing the wrong album. That was Colour in Anything.
And, I'm sorry. No album that contains the line "Ass fatter than a peach" can reasonably be accused of taking itself too seriously.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 19:03 (five years ago) link
Total idiocy. Assume Form is awesome. Done talking about it.
Had this playing in the background and forgot it was on, so ... mission accomplished? But then “Can’t Believe The Way We Flow” caught my ear and pulled me back in. At least for that song.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
His covers (Feist, Joni Mitchell, etc) are great, also his singing, his production, but his actual own songs are just nothing-y, and they fall apart like a cheap suit. Maybe it's why his covers are so well known but his own stuff? Not so much. Put a gun to my head i couldn't whistle a note of any of it. They sound like a sample pack on shuffle, like.. 'Hey this might be nice when it's finished'.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
I know what you mean, pisces. Assume Form rectifies that, though. I think mostly, because he came out of the dubstep scene, his songs have felt aimless in the past. He was trying to be a dubstep singer / songwriter, so it was more about manipulation of sound over traditional structure. He's finally found his balance on the new one. It's easily my favorite new album since King Krule's last one.
Revisiting the Colour in Anything this morning and yeah. . . a handful of strong moments, but it's mostly just kind of rambling; which is exactly what I said about it when it was new three years ago.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
And, jesus christ, fuck Justin Vernon. This song is just absolute dogshit.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
Thank you piscesx I’ve been feeling insane not getting it
Prefer his non vocal stuff tbh
― Vapor waif (uptown churl), Friday, 25 January 2019 17:44 (five years ago) link