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duga · 05-20-2013, 10:29 AM

I love some James Blake. Overgrown is pretty damn good. The interesting thing, though, is that I liked it more immediately than his self titled...but once his self-titled grew on me, I couldn't stop listening to it. Overgrown was good the first time...but has stayed on that level so while I think it's good, I think the last album was still better.

I was really disappointed in The North Borders. Black Sands was truly phenomenal, so I had high expectations going in. It's not bad, but it doesn't stand out nearly as well as Black Sands. It sounds like a generic electronic pop album. Black Sands had several tracks I couldn't get enough of (Kiara, Kong, All In Forms, etc.) but I couldn't be arsed to pick out any songs from the new album.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I love some James Blake. Overgrown is pretty damn good. The interesting thing, though, is that I liked it more immediately than his self titled...but once his self-titled grew on me, I couldn't stop listening to it. Overgrown was good the first time...but has stayed on that level so while I think it's good, I think the last album was still better. I was really disappointed in The North Borders. Black Sands was truly phenomenal, so I had high expectations going in. It's not bad, but it doesn't stand out nearly as well as Black Sands. It sounds like a generic electronic pop album. Black Sands had several tracks I couldn't get enough of (Kiara, Kong, All In Forms, etc.) but I couldn't be arsed to pick out any songs from the new album. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...