Bleeding into ‘us’, the music takes an early James Blake-esque turn, delving into some rich thudding beats and high-end vocals that twist and yank. This is moving electronica at its finest.
‘BE4UGO’ shines with its intricacies, while ‘downstate’ injects trembling dense bass into a soundscape already punctuated by dreamy vocals, warping synth sounds and moving melodies.
EP closer ‘row me home’ strips things back to put Grace in the spotlight accompanied by piano, harmonies and synth work that makes this one of the strongest tracks on the record. Detailing distance between two people just trying to make things work, Grace is perhaps at his most vulnerable on this song as a final flourish for IF I TREMBLE as a whole. ‘row me home’ is a sucker punch to the heart.
7/10
