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Assume Form
Electronic · 2019 · 12 tracks · 48m

Assume Form

James Blake

A luminous shift toward romantic stability. Soulful piano melodies meet trap-inspired percussion and high-profile features in a celebration of intimacy.

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It's the sound of James Blake finally letting the sun in and realizing he's allowed to be happy.

A warm, luminous celebration of vulnerability and the quiet relief of finding emotional stability.

Assume Form · vs · James Blake
Hopeful+4.0σ

Hopeful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 48m
01
Assume Form
4:49
02
Mile High
3:13
03
Tell Them
3:28
04
Into the Red
4:17
05
Barefoot in the Park
3:31
06
Can’t Believe the Way We Flow
4:27
07
Are You in Love?
3:17
08
Where’s the Catch?
4:36
09
I’ll Come Too
3:42
10
Power On
4:06
11
Don’t Miss It
4:59
12
Lullaby for My Insomniac
3:43
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the 1970s soul sample in 'Can’t Believe the Way We Flow' loops into a dizzying, euphoric heartbeat.
André 3000's rapid-fire, existential verse cutting through the murky, stuttering piano chords of 'Where’s the Catch?'.
The haunting, multi-tracked vocal stack that closes the album on 'Lullaby for My Insomniac', sounding like a secular hymn.
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