James Blake

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6 panel, unstructured dad hat, featuring embroidered logos across the front two panels, and the back above the enclosure. Low Crown Washed Cotton Twill Adjustable Slide Closure Curved Bill

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A generous fitting, cotton/polyester blend 3-end fleece hooded sweatshirt, with a reflective 3M print across the front chest and outside of lower right sleeve. Fleece lined hood, braided drawstrings and ribbing at cuffs and waistband. Size Guide

Playing Robots Into Heaven Hoodie

Relaxed fit black short sleeve t-shirt made for James' two nights at the Knockdown Center in Queens, NY. 100% ring spun cotton. Made with certified low impact and salt free dyes. Size Guide

Limited Edition Playing Robots Into Heaven Queens T-Shirt

Producer, singer, and songwriter James Blake is known for his unique style, which wraps aching, gently sung R&B vocals around the deep bass and minimal rhythmic elements of dubstep. He arrived in 2009 with a series of 12" singles and achieved both critical acclaim and worldwide fame following his self-titled 2011 album. His renown continued to expand over the next several years, and he collaborated with pop icons like <a href="spotify:artist:6vWDO969PvNqNYHIOW5v0m">Beyoncé</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg">Kendrick Lamar</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4LEiUm1SRbFMgfqnQTwUbQ">Bon Iver</a>. His second album, 2013's Overgrown, earned him the prestigious Mercury Prize. Commercial success worldwide came in the middle of the 2010s, with high chart placings (as well as critical praise) for 2016's The Colour in Anything and 2019's Assume Form. 2021 saw Blake issue his fifth long-player, Friends That Break Your Heart, which included features from <a href="spotify:artist:7tYKF4w9nC0nq9CsPZTHyP">SZA</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6U3ybJ9UHNKEdsH7ktGBZ7">JID</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:29gIYsdyccGoUc6qgkZeTK">SwaVay</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2Oq3sgFa2HSvRY0vL6bDxN">Monica Martin</a>. Blake revisited his earlier, dubstep-influenced sound with 2023's Grammy-nominated Playing Robots Into Heaven.

Born James Blake Litherland in London in 1988, Blake was raised in a musical family. He was classically trained in piano from a very young age and focused on musical studies throughout his education. While still very young, he and his friends became fixated on electronic music, in particular the emerging dubstep sound that was beginning in London in the mid-2000s. He took inspiration from early U.K. dubstep artists like <a href="spotify:artist:0uCCBpmg6MrPb1KY2msceF">Burial</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1FvQZpPhaVvSoQnpslxnvb">Distance</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2jbP92oFLWqPqogflK1wlW">Skream</a> and merged it with influences from textural R&B innovators like <a href="spotify:artist:336vr2M3Va0FjyvB55lJEd">D'Angelo</a> while developing his first original tracks. Blake's R&B-sampling strain of dubstep first arrived in the form of his Air & Lack Thereof 12" on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hemlock%22">Hemlock</a> label in 2009. He received quite the endorsement when the heralded <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Soul+Jazz%22">Soul Jazz</a> label picked the track up for their Steppas' Delight 2 compilation that same year. 

Blake raised his profile every few months during 2010 -- something of a breakout year for him -- with a succession of warmly received 12" releases: The Bells Sketch (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hessle+Audio%22">Hessle Audio</a>, March), CMYK (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22R%26S%22">R&S</a>, June), Klavierwerke (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22R%26S%22">R&S</a>, October), and the single-sided Limit to Your Love (<a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Atlas%22">Atlas</a>, November). The last of the series -- a cover of a song by <a href="spotify:artist:6CWTBjOJK75cTE8Xv8u1kj">Feist</a> in which Blake's heartfelt vocal was placed front and center -- served as a precursor to his first full-length, issued the following February. Titled James Blake, it made a major impression, and was eventually nominated for a Mercury Prize but lost to <a href="spotify:artist:12VaqyEhgwDRuFfEqbnrpz">PJ Harvey</a>'s Let England Shake.

Blake returned to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hemlock%22">Hemlock</a> for the Order 12", then reverted to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Atlas%22">Atlas</a> for Enough Thunder, a six-track EP with a <a href="spotify:artist:4LEiUm1SRbFMgfqnQTwUbQ">Bon Iver</a> collaboration and a cover of <a href="spotify:artist:5hW4L92KnC6dX9t7tYM4Ve">Joni Mitchell</a>'s "A Case of You." Yet another 12", Love What Happened Here, was out by the end of 2011. Blake spent much of 2012 working on his second album, releasing new work under the name Harmonimix, and performing less often as the new songs percolated. In April 2013, his second album Overgrown appeared, featuring collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:7MSUfLeTdDEoZiJPDSBXgi">Brian Eno</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4iCwCMnqsNZ6atvRiADgtn">RZA</a>. It won that year's Mercury Prize, and Blake's songwriting was acknowledged when "Retrograde," one of the album's highlights, won an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best Contemporary Song. 

Apart from an <a href="spotify:artist:4eGpmrqhS3o2e80Bs1841W">Airhead</a> collaboration and an EP on his <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%221-800+Dinosaur%22">1-800 Dinosaur</a> label, little was heard from Blake for three years. He resurfaced in April 2016 with contributions to <a href="spotify:artist:6vWDO969PvNqNYHIOW5v0m">Beyoncé</a>'s Lemonade. A couple weeks later, The Colour in Anything, his third album, arrived with only a few hours' advance notice. Recorded in England and at <a href="spotify:artist:1EpmQFTiJbcxzwbLpuUL8L">Rick Rubin</a>'s studio in Malibu, California, it included input from <a href="spotify:artist:4LEiUm1SRbFMgfqnQTwUbQ">Bon Iver</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:2h93pZq0e7k5yf4dywlkpM">Frank Ocean</a>. The album peaked within the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 and topped the U.S. Dance/Electronic chart. That year, Blake also contributed to <a href="spotify:artist:2h93pZq0e7k5yf4dywlkpM">Frank Ocean</a>'s Endless, <a href="spotify:artist:68kEuyFKyqrdQQLLsmiatm">Vince Staples</a>' Prima Donna, and <a href="spotify:artist:0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY">Travis Scott</a>'s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight. He continued into 2017 with appearances on <a href="spotify:artist:3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB">Jay-Z</a>'s 4:44 and <a href="spotify:artist:3NUtpWpGDoffm3RCGhSHtl">Mount Kimbie</a>'s Love What Survives; he also produced "Element" for <a href="spotify:artist:2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg">Kendrick Lamar</a>'s DAMN. 

In 2018, Blake was active as a co-writer/performer of two songs on the soundtrack to the superhero blockbuster Black Panther: he contributed to the single "King's Dead" alongside <a href="spotify:artist:2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg">Kendrick Lamar</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1RyvyyTE3xzB2ZywiAwp0i">Future</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:28ExwzUQsvgJooOI0X1mr3">Jay Rock</a>, and to "Bloody Waters," also co-written by <a href="spotify:artist:2YZyLoL8N0Wb9xBt1NhZWg">Lamar</a>. "King's Dead" would go on to win 2019's Grammy for Best Rap Performance, Blake's first Grammy win after multiple nominations over the years. Several singles arrived throughout 2018, beginning in January with "If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead," followed by "Don't Miss It" in May. Throughout the year, Blake's production and vocals appeared on new albums by experimental electronic artist <a href="spotify:artist:2wPDbhaGXCqROrVmwDdCrK">Oneohtrix Point Never</a> and mainstream rapper <a href="spotify:artist:0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY">Travis Scott</a>. 

His fourth album, Assume Form, was released in January 2019 and included guest spots from <a href="spotify:artist:0iEtIxbK0KxaSlF7G42ZOp">Metro Boomin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:74V3dE1a51skRkdII8y2C6">Andre 3000</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:0Y5tJX1MQlPlqiwlOH1tJY">Travis Scott</a>. The LP netted Blake another Grammy nomination, this time for Best Alternative Music Album. The following year saw him issue the EP Before, with a second EP, the aptly named Covers, arriving later that winter. In early 2021, Blake issued the single "Say What You Will" ahead of the arrival of his fifth studio effort, Friends That Break Your Heart. "(Pick Me Up) Euphoria," a collaboration with <a href="spotify:artist:2feDdbD5araYcm6JhFHHw7">Labrinth</a> recorded for season two of the HBO series Euphoria, appeared in 2022. Wind Down, an ambient album created using AI technology and intended as a sleeping aid, was also released during the year. Two collaborations with <a href="spotify:artist:0iEtIxbK0KxaSlF7G42ZOp">Metro Boomin</a>, "Hummingbird" and "Nonviolent Communication," were included on the soundtrack to the 2023 blockbuster Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The dancehall-inspired "Big Hammer" was released as the first single from Blake's Playing Robots Into Heaven. Issued in September, the album marked a return to his early club material on U.K. bass labels like <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hemlock%22">Hemlock</a> and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hessle+Audio%22">Hessle Audio</a>. The album and single "Loading" were nominated for Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance/Electronic Recording, respectively. ~ David Jeffries & Andy Kellman, Rovi

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You know the song is bold and serious when Metro Boomin didn&#39;t even put his signature sound.

You know the song is bold and serious when Metro Boomin didn't even put his signature sound.

That last “40 days, 40 nights” hits so beautifully

honestly James Blake is behind the scenes on so many things it&#39;s crazy. He has produced, cowritten, and even featured with a lot of really big artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, other Travis Scott songs, Beyonce, Chance the rapper, and more. and no one has really known who he is or identified with his music because it usually is very different than this. Not to mention his voice is hypnotizing. I am so glad people are finally recognizing him and how influential he has been on the music community. James Blake forever

honestly James Blake is behind the scenes on so many things it's crazy. He has produced, cowritten, and even featured with a lot of really big artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, other Travis Scott songs, Beyonce, Chance the rapper, and more. and no one has really known who he is or identified with his music because it usually is very different than this. Not to mention his voice is hypnotizing. I am so glad people are finally recognizing him and how influential he has been on the music community. James Blake forever

listening to this in a plane hits different

I never knew that a song could sound like water.

The collab we didn&#39;t know we needed until now!

The collab we didn't know we needed until now!

one of the most beautiful, chilling, flawless, sensual, sexy, chic songs ever. Pure stunning simplicity

Me : plays this in the car Grandma: turn it off Me:why Gramma: I don’t want to go to heaven yet

Me : plays this in the car
Grandma: turn it off
Me:why
Gramma: I don’t want to go to heaven yet

James Blake + Travis Scott album would be so fire!!!

James Blake brings out the Travis we appreciate the most

Frank Ocean 10/10 James Blake 10/10 Both are incredibly beautiful on its own.

Frank Ocean 10/10
James Blake 10/10

Both are incredibly beautiful on its own.

The first “I will always love you” ALWAYS just hit my heart

Dedicating this song to my beautiful baby boy.. who I lost tonight at 2am being 10 weeks pregnant. May you fly high angel 🌈

if this doesnt play at my funeral im not dying

What an absolutely beautiful and pleasant surprise. You have deeply blessed us, James. Thank you.

i want this at my wedding or at my funeral, whatever comes first

The first time I heard this version, it took my breath away. So beautiful. Reminds me of how my dad felt about my mom when he finally decided to give her the divorce she wanted after 20 years of marriage. But he never stopped loving her. He was always there for her til the day he passed away. His love was forever.

LYRICS I will always love you how I do Let go of a prayer for you It&#39;s a sweet word The table is prepared for you Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Wishing you godspeed, glory There will be mountains you won&#39;t move Still I&#39;ll always be there for you How I do I let go of my claim on you It&#39;s a free world You look down on where you came from sometimes But still you&#39;ll have this place to call home always Glory, glory, glory, glory This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind

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I will always love you how I do
Let go of a prayer for you
It's a sweet word
The table is prepared for you
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
Wishing you godspeed, glory
There will be mountains you won't move
Still I'll always be there for you
How I do
I let go of my claim on you
It's a free world
You look down on where you came from sometimes
But still you'll have this place to call home always
Glory, glory, glory, glory
This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind
This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind
This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind
This love will keep us from blinding of the eyes
Silence in the ears, darkness of the mind

I didn&#39;t know what the word &#39;godspeed&#39; meant before listening to this song on repeat. After many times of listening to and reciting this song, I&#39;d decided to look up the definition. Godspeed is an expression of good wishes to a person starting a journey. I often think of this song. It&#39;s essentially the song that forever remains on my heart. I feel as though its God speaking to me, wishing me well on the next journey of the day and reminding me that his love sustains even through the toughest times. Thank you, James. Godspeed.

I didn't know what the word 'godspeed' meant before listening to this song on repeat. After many times of listening to and reciting this song, I'd decided to look up the definition. Godspeed is an expression of good wishes to a person starting a journey. I often think of this song. It's essentially the song that forever remains on my heart. I feel as though its God speaking to me, wishing me well on the next journey of the day and reminding me that his love sustains even through the toughest times. Thank you, James. Godspeed.

Frank Ocean should reply with a &#39;Too precious&#39; cover

Frank Ocean should reply with a 'Too precious' cover

for anyone who doesn&#39;t want him to be famous or wants to keep him to themselves, i just want to say, the world deserves more artist like him, he deserves to get recognized for his musical talent. Music is  meant to be heard in such a way it makes you feel, and his music does just that, if i heard him on the radio god i would pull over and just sit listening. He is brilliant people don&#39;t be selfish. 

for anyone who doesn't want him to be famous or wants to keep him to themselves, i just want to say, the world deserves more artist like him, he deserves to get recognized for his musical talent. Music is  meant to be heard in such a way it makes you feel, and his music does just that, if i heard him on the radio god i would pull over and just sit listening. He is brilliant people don't be selfish. 

10 years later it’s still a bomb ass timeless assortment of ear tingly music

James Blake is rising, and I&#39;m so happy that he his. He doesn&#39;t need to be in the top 20 of Billboard, but then again why shouldn&#39;t he be. That&#39;s the special thing about his style/music/character, aiming for more but staying true to himself. Love him.

James Blake is rising, and I'm so happy that he his. He doesn't need to be in the top 20 of Billboard, but then again why shouldn't he be. That's the special thing about his style/music/character, aiming for more but staying true to himself. Love him.

True: silence is one of the most important element of music

Damn, I love this guy&#39;s minimalist, lo-fi sort of style.

Damn, I love this guy's minimalist, lo-fi sort of style.

its 1 am, hard day in work, i am tired as hell. Just this Song, then i fall asleep.

Yesterday someone I really loved died... Now I am sitting alone here. This song is my greatest help to get through this. I play it over and over again and in its strange beauty, it helps me crying.

Classic song, wow. First heard this when I was 13/14, and it still touches me. Thank you James Blake.

My world is a completely different place after learning that this song exists.

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James Blake - Mile High feat. Travis Scott and Metro Boomin  (Official Audio)

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Lyrics

Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself

We on a drive, looped in
Two seat ride, couped in
Who gon' slide? Who's in?
Big rocks 'round, new tint
Fleetwood down, new sand
Two seat ride, couped in
Don't leave 'round loose ends
Don't be around new friends, yeah

We just be mile high clubbin'
I'm on a thousand miles runnin'
Hit it, go downtown Sunday
Then move it uptown Monday

Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself

If I give it to you, will you leave?
Tell it to you, will you speak?
Got it tatted on my sleeve
Fell in love overseas
Ass fatter than a peach, uh
Ocean water kinda deep, uh
Rollin' up out the reef, uh
Put me down, straight to sleep

Lasting like Duracell
Lasting like Duracell
40 days, 40 nights
Feel like a holy night
The lesson's always there
That less is always more
And in the back and forth
I'm not keeping score
Lesson's always there
That less is always more
When you're alone with me
You never come up short
You never come up short
(Never come up short, never come up short, never come—)

Watch the fan as it spins
In my arms, wrapped in
Don't know where you stop
And where I begin
Like I found myself an imaginary friend
And when we stay in
Not missin' anything

We just be mile high clubbin'
I'm on a thousand miles runnin'
Hit it, go downtown Sunday
Then move it uptown Monday

Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself

Hi-Vis, never seen
Low-key as it's been
Fell in love overseas
Fell in love like it's easy
Put to sleep without dreams
Under the moonbeam
Call you for no reason
Hold on like it's greasy

Lasting like Duracell
Lasting like Duracell
40 days, 40 nights
Feel like a holy night
The lesson's always there
That less is always more
And in the back and forth
I'm not keeping score
Lesson's always there
That less is always more
When you're alone with me
You never come up short
You never come up short
(Never come up short, never come up short, never come—)

Don't wanna see you by yourself, by yourself
By yourself, by yourself, by yourself

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James Blake - Mile High feat. Travis Scott and Metro Boomin  (Official Audio)

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James Blake - Godspeed (Official Video)

James Blake - I Only Know What I Know Now (Official Audio)

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James Blake - I Only Know What I Know Now (Official Audio)

James Blake - Radio Silence (Official Audio)

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Lyrics

I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
We lived in love with each other so long
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
I don't know how you feel
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
I'm sorry, I don't know how you feel
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
Just please, more time
I don't know how you feel
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me

Just please, more time
Just please, more time
I'm sorry, I don't know how you feel
I don't know how you feel
It's hard to tell if I have a role with you

But in my heart
There's a radio silence going on
But in my heart
There's a radio silence going on
There's a radio silence going on
But in my heart
There's a radio silence going on

I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
There's a radio silence going on
I can't believe this, you don't wanna see me
There's a radio silence going on
I don't know how you feel
I'm sorry I don't know how you feel
I don't know how you feel

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James Blake - Radio Silence (Official Audio)

James Blake - Vincent (Official Video)
Cover of Don McLean's 'Vincent'. 

Filmed and recorded live at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, December 2017.

Director Andrew Douglas
Producer Kathleen Heffernan
Director of photography Flor Collins
Editor Biff Butler
Color Brandon Chavez

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Lyrics

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colours on the snowy linen land

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in a violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colours changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could've told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn on the bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

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James Blake - Vincent (Official Video)

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Director: Bear Damen
Producer: Salim El Arja, Sacha Benharroche
Production Company: Couscous
Editor: Henry Kaplan
DoP: Patrick Golan
Production design: Alexis Johnson
VFX: Cooper Vacheron
Colorist: Ricky Gausis

Lyrics:
I’ve been ‘normal’
I’ve been ostracized
I’ve watched through a window
As my young self dies
I’ve been popular
With all the popular guys
I gave them punchlines
They gave me warning signs

I look okay
In the magic hour
In the right light
With the right amount of power
And I’m okay
With the life of the sunflower
And I’m okay
With the life of a meteor shower

So say what you will
Go on (Say what you will)
You’re gonna do it anyway
Go on
Just (Say what you will)
You’re gonna do it anyway
Go on
Just (Say what you will)
Go on
You’re gonna do it anyway
Say what you will

I can find my way
With no superpowers
I can take my place
Without becoming sour
I might not make
All those psychopaths proud
‘Least I can see the faces
Of the smaller crowds

And I’m okay
I can drive myself
I’ve been sobered
By time on the shelf
And I’ve been ‘normal’
I’ve been ostracized 
Like a comet
Blazing through an empty sky

So say what you will
Say (Say what you will)
Say what you will
Say (Say what you will)

So say what you will
Say (Say what you will)
Say what you will
Say what you will
Say what you will
Say (Say what you will)

(Say what you will) 
(Say what you will)



#JamesBlake #SayWhatYouWill #FriendsThatBreakYourHeart

James Blake - Say What You Will (Official Video)

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Lyrics

All went in the fire
Drowning in the sea
A red dawn
Oh, red font
Caught up in the sea
All went in the sea
If only, if only
If only, if only

Did you want to find a way (fight, fly away)
I always saw me love
I will be love befallen
I will lay my teeth
I'll wait for growing
And we both will know
And before you're all gone

Daring on the peak
Telling on the teeth (I'll wait for you, you know)
I've been down to the open road
And we both end up alone (and if only we could have known)

Did you want to find a way (fight, fly away)
I always saw me love (I will be love befallen)
I will lay my teeth
I'll wait for growing
And we both will know
And before you're all gone

Daring on the peak
Telling on the teeth
I've been down to the open road (I'll wait for you, you know)
And we both end up alone (and if only we could have known)

I will, ah
I will, ah

All went in the fire
Drowning in the sea
A red dawn
Oh, red font
Caught up in the sea
All went in the sea
If only, if only
If only, if only

I was effin' low

#JamesBlake #BonIver

James Blake & Bon Iver - Fall Creek Boys Choir (Offical Audio)

James Blake - A Case Of You (Official Video)

Assume Form
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Lyrics

Just before our love got lost, you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a carton coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh, Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

Oh, you're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh, I would still be on my feet

Oh, I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the Devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time that you told me
You said, "Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time

Oh, you're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your Devils and your deeds
And she said, "Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh, but you are in my blood, you're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

#JamesBlake

James Blake - A Case of You (Official Video)

James Blake - A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell Cover)

Assume Form
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Lyrics

Just before our love got lost, you said
"I am as constant as a northern star"
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

On the back of a carton coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh, Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

Oh, you're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
Oh, I would still be on my feet

Oh, I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the Devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

I remember that time that you told me
You said, "Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time

Oh, you're in my blood, you're my holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours
She knew your life
She knew your Devils and your deeds
And she said, "Go to him, stay with him if you can
But be prepared to bleed"

Oh, but you are in my blood, you're my holy wine
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet
Oh, I could drink a case of you darling
Still I'd be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

#JamesBlake

James Blake - A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell Cover)

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Lyrics

I know crossroads where I see them, see them
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
So I swim to you while I'm sleeping
Through sage green rivers of England

I see the scenery changes, changes
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
When I don't think of you, the willpower
What I didn't see was I was talking to so many people at once
I had no idea I was
I had no idea of the difference between
The way I saw your face and the way it was

Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs
Because of a few songs

I remember laughing; (because of a few songs) to take that away from you
To take that away from you; (because of a few songs) I remember laughing
I remember laughing; (because of a few songs) to take that away from you (because of a few songs)
To take that away from you; (Because of a few songs) I remember laughing
The smaller the waves;(because of a few songs) you let me down (because of a few songs)
The longer I (because of a few songs) will defend you
The smaller the waves; (because of a few songs) you let me down (because of a few songs)
The longer I (because of a few songs) will defend you (because of a few songs)

I want it to be over, I want it to be over
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
I know a crossroads where I see them, see them
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
I want it to be over, I want it to be over
I want it to be over, I want it to be over

#JamesBlake

James Blake - Modern Soul

James Blake - Don't Miss It (Official Lyric Video)

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Lyrics

The world has shut me out
If I give everything I'll lose everything
Everything is about me
I am the most important thing
And you really haven't thought all those cyclical thoughts for a while?

And as it keeps going
I could never be involved
I could never really see in real time
I could never be involved
And as it keeps on going
I could avoid real time
I could ignore my busy mind
I could avoid contact with eyes
I could avoid going outside
I could avoid wasting my life
I could avoid
I could avoid 20/20 sight
I could avoid standing in line
I could avoid the 405
I could avoid coming to life
I could say anything I like
I could switch off whenever I like
I could sleep whenever I like
I could leave in the middle of the night, oh
But I'd miss it
Don't miss it
Don't miss it like I did

And as it keeps going
If there's no need for the perfect image
And nothing seems that wrong
Don't miss it
When you know there's better conversation waiting for you at home
And as it keeps on going
You forget whether it was the beginning or end
When you can't believe your luck
(When you can't believe your luck)
You're with your friend
When you get to hang out with your favourite person every day
When the dull pain goes away
Don't miss it (Don't miss it)
When you stop being a ghost in a shell
And everybody keeps saying you look well
Don't miss it
Like I did
Don't miss it
Don't miss it like I did
Like I did

#JamesBlake

James Blake - Don't Miss It (Official Lyric Video)

James Blake - Retrograde (Live On Letterman)

Assume Form
The new album by James Blake. Out now. 
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Lyrics

You're on your own
In a world you've grown
Few more years to go
Don't let the hurdle fall
So be the girl you loved
Be the girl you loved

I'll wait
So show me why you’re strong
Ignore everybody else
We're alone now
I'll wait
So show me why you’re strong
Ignore everybody else
We’re alone now

Suddenly I'm hit
It's the starkness of the dawn
And your friends are gone
And your friends won’t come
So show me where you fit
So show me where you fit

I'll wait
So show me why you're strong
Ignore everybody else
We’re alone now (We’re alone now)
I'll wait (We’re alone now)
(We’re alone now)
(We’re alone now)
I'll wait (We’re alone now)
(We’re alone now)
(We’re alone now)
(We’re alone now)
(We’re alone now)

Suddenly I'm hit
It's the starkness of the dawn
And your friends are gone
And your friends won’t come
So show me where you fit
So show me where you fit

#JamesBlake

James Blake - Retrograde (Live On Letterman)

James Blake ft André 3000 - Where's The Catch (Official Audio)

Assume Form  
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Lyrics

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Can't ne-, can't ne-, can't ne-, can't ne-
Can't nev-, can't nev-, can't nev-, can't nev-
Can't never, can't never, can't never, can't never

We delay the show, we kiss so long
We breathe through the nose 'til the breath is gone
And everything slows, everything's rose now
You use both hands, I use both hands
We meet in the middle, we meet in the sand
And everything's ghost, everything's ghost now
Every, everything's rose now

(Alright now) Where's the catch?
(Can't fool me) Where's the catch?
There must be, there must be a catch

Hey, alright, now this may be a little bit heady
And, y'know, I hate heady-ass verses
I wrote this shit, so here we go
Yo

All my pets are mystic, keeps me in a cage (Cage)
Aww, my head is twisted, keeps me spinnin' 'round for days (Days)
Exorcism, pessimism has arisen
There's no reason really, treason to myself so silly
So perfect, so perfect, so why do I look for curtains?
Uncertain but certainly false alarm's alertin'
A burden in beautiful times, a garden snake (Sss)
Won't bite me, but frightens me like I know I'm ate
I know I ain't, I know it, ayy
Harmony, harmony, how many, how many
Days of amazin' will it be before it phases?
And I say, "I told you so" (Told you so)
Summer bee, summer bee buzzin'
Some'll be hovering over nothin'
All of a sudden it's fall and it's over, though (Phew)
Come with me, come with me, calming me down
Be chamomile, calamine lotion
Camel motion, humpin' on the flo' (Yeah)
Tumbleweed, tumbleweed
Wanna leave before the avaricious take over the city
We build and discover gold
Alchemists make it silver before you know it
Negative nickels until it's void
Aluminum foil it back to soil, oh yeah

(Alright now)
Where's the catch?
(Fire, fire)

But everything's rose, everything's rose
Everything's rose now
(Isn't it brighter?)
But everything's rose (Everything)
Everything's rose (Everything)
Everything's rose now
(Everything-thing)
Everything's rose (Everything-thing)
Everything's rose (Everything-thing)
Everything's rose now
Can you trust me?
But-but, every-everything-thing's rose
(Everything is rose)
Every-everything-thing's rose
(Everything is)
But-but, every-everything-thing's rose
(Everything's is rose)
Every-everything-thing's rose
(Now)
Every-everything-thing's rose
But-but, every-everything-thing's rose
(Alright now)
Everything, everything
Everything, everything

(Alright now) Where's the catch?
(Can't fool me) Where's the catch?
There must be, there must be a catch

(Alright now)

#JamesBlake

James Blake ft André 3000 - Where's The Catch (Official Audio)

James Blake - The Sound Of Silence 

A cover of Simon & Garfunkel's 'The Sound Of Silence', as played on the 1-800 Dinosaur show on BBC Radio 1, 8/10/15.

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James Blake - The Sound Of Silence

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The new album by James Blake. Out now. 
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Lyrics

The first time your name was used
It was beauty and I knew
Sat in a violet room with some people I saw through
Gathered 'round the television's fire
Watching for the people I admired
Outside my words were frozen in my mouth
I couldn't let them out

When I see my willing heart
How will I know?
How will I walk slow?
How will I know?
How will I walk slow?

It's a strange spell that we lust for
Every now and then, every now and then
Every now and then, every now and then

When I see my willing heart
How will I know?
How will I walk slow?

It's a strange spell that we watch for
And one I swear I never saw
Every now and then, every now and then
Every now and then
You're still on my screen
Every now and then
You're still on my screen
Every now and then
There's a glare from the sun and it's heavenly
Every now and then

When I see my willing heart
How will I know?
How will I walk slow?
How will I know?
How will I walk slow?

It's a strange spell that we watch for
Every now and then
You're still on my screen
Every now and then
They must have heard my scream
Every now and then
There's a glare from the sun and it's deafening
Every now and then

When I see my willing heart
How will I know?
How will I walk slow?

#JamesBlake

James Blake - My Willing Heart (Official Audio)

June 12th, 2024 - NYC

Me? I’m a mystery

'Thrown Around' is yours - out now. Listen for clean shoes

Bowers & Wilkins presents Tell Me filmed at the ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’ album experience at the Tate Modern’s South Tanks
 
Stream/download ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’: https://jamesblake.lnk.to/prih
 
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CREDITS 
 
Directed by The Reids
Creative Direction by Crowns & Owls 
 
Commissioned by Globe, Universal Music 
Executive Producer for Globe: Charlotte Jaeger 
 
Production Company (LA): Happy Place 
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi 
Head of Production: Jared Fassler 
Producer: Morgan Steele 
Production Coordinator: Stephen Michaels 
 
DoP: The Reids 
1st AC (LA): Thomas Rubino 
Gaffer (LA): Toby Cueni
 
London Cam Ops: Taylor Cassar & Gabriel Monk-Lane
London EQ supplied by No-iD.co
Sound Mixer: James Raymond 
Sound Design & Mastering: Timo Salia 
 
PA: Brian M. Sanchez
PA: Arabelle “Rambo” Ramboyong 
 
Stylist: Stuart Williamson 
Groomer: Robert Lopez
Edited by Ed Reid
VFX & 3D by Mike Raymond
Colour by Rich Patter  
Special Thanks to Kate Macdonald at Globe, Ali Tant at Polydor Records, Anna Savage and Caroline Cassidy at Full Stop Management, the teams at Bowers & Wilkins, Amelia Studios and Spanners Brixton.

#JamesBlake #TellMe #PlayingRobotsIntoHeaven

Bowers & Wilkins presents Playing Robots Into Heaven at The South Tanks

Bowers & Wilkins presents ‘Structuring Robots Into Heaven’
              
Part Two in a series of short films that follows James Blake as he navigates the challenge of translating ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’ from his studio to the live space.
 
Part Three to follow. 
 
Stream/download ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’: https://jamesblake.lnk.to/prih
 
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CREDITS
 
Directed by The Reids
Creative Direction by Crowns & Owls
 
Commissioned by Globe, Universal Music
Executive Producer for Globe: Charlotte Jaeger
 
Production Company (LA): Happy Place
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi
Head of Production: Jared Fassler
Producer: Morgan Steele
Production Coordinator: Stephen Michaels
 
DoP: The Reids
1st AC (LA): Thomas Rubino
Gaffer (LA): Toby Cueni
 
London Cam Ops: Taylor Cassar & Gabriel Monk-Lane
London EQ supplied by No-iD.co
Sound Mixer: James Raymond
Sound Design & Mastering: Timo Salia
 
PA: Brian M. Sanchez
PA: Arabelle “Rambo” Ramboyong
 
Stylist: Stuart Williamson
Groomer: Robert Lopez
Edited by Ed Reid
VFX & 3D by Mike Raymond
Colour by Rich Patter
 
Special Thanks to Kate Macdonald at Globe, Ali Tant at Polydor Records, Anna Savage and Caroline Cassidy at Full Stop Management, the teams at Bowers & Wilkins, Amelia Studios and Spanners Brixton.

Structuring Robots Into Heaven (Part Two)

Stream/download ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’: https://jamesblake.lnk.to/prih

A conversation between James Blake & Brian Eno.
 
Directed & Edited by The Reids 
Creative Direction by Crowns & Owls
 Shot by The Reids and Harry Steeler
 Produced by Poppy Ashton
 VHS Telecine by Daniel Gatenio
 Sound Mix & Design by Timo Sälia
 
With special thanks to Brian Eno

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Talking Robots Into Heaven - A conversation between James Blake & Brian Eno

Bowers & Wilkins presents ‘Structuring Robots Into Heaven’
              
Part One in a series of short films that visualises the making of ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’
 
Part Two to follow.
 
Stream/download ‘Playing Robots Into Heaven’: https://jamesblake.lnk.to/prih
 
See James Blake on tour: https://jamesblakemusic.com/tour
 
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CREDITS: 
Directed by The Reids
Creative Direction by Crowns & Owls  
 
Commissioned by Globe, Universal Music 
Executive Producer for Globe: Charlotte Jaeger
 
Production Company (LA): Happy Place
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi
Head of Production: Jared Fassler 
Producer: Morgan Steele
Production Coordinator: Stephen Michaels 
 
DoP: The Reids 
1st AC: Thomas Rubino 
Gaffer: Toby Cueni

Sound Mixer: James Raymond 
Sound Design & Mastering: Timo Salia 
 
PA: Brian M. Sanchez
PA: Arabelle “Rambo” Ramboyong 
 
Stylist: Stuart Williamson 
Groomer: Robert Lopez
Edited by Ed Reid
VFX & 3D by Mike Raymond
Colour by Rich Patter 
 
Special Thanks to Kate Macdonald at Globe, Ali Tant at Polydor Records, Anna Savage & Caroline Cassidy at Full Stop mgmt. & the team at Bowers & Wilkins

James Blake - Structuring Robots Into Heaven (Part One)

"Fire The Editor" by James Blake, from the album 'Playing Robots into Heaven'

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James Blake - Fire The Editor

"Tell Me" by James Blake, from the album 'Playing Robots into Heaven'

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James Blake - Tell Me

"Asking to Break" by James Blake, off the album 'Playing Robots into Heaven'

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