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4 out of 5 stars and stated that "Blake underpins nearly everything here with those comfortable blankets, wrapping you up while he makes you consider dancing." He also wrote " clearly also knows that a little bit of subtlety can go a long way", and that " just as emotionally affecting, squeezing
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described the track as "modern homage to old ideas" as Blake " two R&B archetypes ... and imagines them in a back and forth." On the track, Blake sings normally and also occasionally uses a
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with repeated, high-pitched synthesizers. The final track, "Postpone" has been likened to a "lumbering requiem before transforming into lumbering exultation." It features electronic beats, "
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EP; the website applauded how Blake released so much material in a year. It also included "CMYK" on its list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s.
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The next song "I'll Stay" has been described as the "warmest, most accessible track of ". It is also hymnal, but it contains a
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complimented how Blake used the samples in his music, and gave the EP a score of 8.3 out of 10.
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to process his voice. The track is influenced by 1990s rave pop and also contains
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The EP received generally positive reviews from music critics. Mike Powell of
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track; it uses slight noises to create an "atmospheric" sound.
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pathos out a single line from Kelis and warm, deep chords."
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A light blue CD with a design of a horse silhouette in front of an aquamarine inverted triangle.
EP
James Blake
Genre
UK bass
post-dubstep
electronic pop
Label
R&S
Producer
James Blake
The Bells Sketch
Klavierwerke
extended play
indie
producer
James Blake
United Kingdom
United States
samples
R&B
Kelis
Caught Out There
Aaliyah
Are You That Somebody?
Pitchfork
vocoder
synthesizers
hymnal
gospel

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