If the Car Beside You Moves AheadJames Blake · 2018

pitchfork

“James Blake’s melancholic baritone is easily identifiable—it’s a brooding presence that’s haunted not just his own sumptuous productions but those of Beyoncé, Vince Staples, Kendrick Lamar, and more. But before he was electropop’s favorite British sadboy, when he was still making forward-thinking club music in London, Blake was doing pretty startling things with his voice: He would mangle his sing”