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Friends That Break Your Heart
Electronic · 2021 · 12 tracks · 43m

Friends That Break Your Heart

James Blake

A surgical examination of platonic loss. Crystalline synths and intimate vocals transform the pain of fading friendships into high-definition art pop.

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The ultimate soundtrack for when you realize your best friend is now just someone you used to know.

A sharp, high-definition exploration of the loneliness found in changing social dynamics.

Friends That Break Your Heart · vs · James Blake
Friendship+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into friendship than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 43m
01
Famous Last Words
4:16
02
Life Is Not the Same
3:20
03
Coming Back
3:16
04
Funeral
2:36
05
Frozen
3:56
06
I’m So Blessed You’re Mine
3:15
07
Foot Forward
2:33
08
Show Me
3:38
09
Say What You Will
4:41
10
Lost Angel Nights
3:59
11
Friends That Break Your Heart
3:22
12
If I’m Insecure
4:56
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the percussion on track 2 mimics a stuttering heartbeat under the soaring falsetto.
The sudden, jarring shift into a trap-influenced beat on track 5 that contrasts with the icy synth pads.
The final minute of the title track where the vocal layers swell into a haunting, choral wall of sound.
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