“James Blake has always been far more than the ‘sad boy’ he’s so often pinned as. Whether it’s cracking jokes on stage, inviting Stephen Merchant onto his Radio 1 Residency to play the part of the fictitious DJ Badger, or churning out fiver-on-the-door, techno-heavy club nights with his 1800-Dinosaur collective, his temperament has often been tangential to his lovelorn music. That is, until ‘The C”
“James Blake's Assume Form is his most direct, sincere LP yet”
“Despite being bookended by a few awkward detours, Assume Form contains James Blake's best writing and production since the earlier part of this decade.”
“There’s a suffocating seriousness that runs through the singer and producer’s fourth album, one that bogs down genuine moments of levity and love.”
“Falling in love could be a bad career move for an artist who’s built his reputation around minimal electronic emo. On his fourth album ‘Assume Form’, however, James Blake shrugs off his cloak of isolation and depression to embrace his relationship with actor and DJ Jameela Jamil. The 12 tracks don’t precisely chronicle the Londoner’s newly opened emotions but there’s a quickening of the musical pu”
