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Entertainment WeeklyOct 25, 2011The silky-voiced Brit's Bon Iver-assisted EP is lush enough to be played at a swanky restaurant, but it may be even better suited to an evening alone with a hard drink. [Oct 2011, p.119]
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Oct 13, 2011Enough Thunder certainly offers up enough for any Blake fan to both love and hate--and at the end of the day still be entirely unsure of exactly what to hope for.
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Oct 11, 2011On Enough Thunder, James Blake strips back the effects board and quivering bass for a surprisingly sparse effort, taking on the role of balladeer and even covering Joni Mitchell on his way to an effort that'll divide the droves of fans he's won over since the release of his self-titled debut earlier this year.
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Oct 18, 2011The singers stately quaver makes it easy to overlook that this is mostly B material.
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Oct 11, 2011Although this may be a relative disappointment it should not be looked at as the start of a decline, but merely a curiosity in the collection.
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Oct 11, 2011Blake is fighting the respectable fight on Enough Thunder, though the EP's totally bass-less tracks show that he needs dubstep as much as dubstep needs him.
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Oct 21, 2011Though not a stand-out EP, James Blake is to be commended for attempting the path of the latter.
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Oct 18, 2011It's the extraordinary ordinariness, sophisticated simplicity, that redeems all this: even when bass drums calmly clatter wall-to-wall like hungover flies in a jar, there's a gentle edge that's mellow and mellifluous, distant yet direct.
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Nov 8, 2011The EP does have some great moments, and ironically it's when Blake drops the dubset and channels his classical piano roots.
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Oct 11, 2011His considerable production chops can't disguise that his songwriting too often feels half-formed.
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Oct 11, 2011There are flashes of the brilliance that made the youngster such a trendy buzzname, but it's hard work wading through the awkward muck.
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Nov 11, 2011He composes rich, intimate electronic and acoustic soundscapes that suggest myriad emotions and intriguing songwriting possibilities. As a singer, however, he's maudlin.
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