James Blake continues to pump out MOR post-dubstep that’s good for co-eds who think they’re alternative to have sex to and not much else. Retrograde, a sultry slow-jam number, plays upon 2012’s neo-soul revival as Blake’s awkward croons dart around hazy electronics. There are 100s of artists doing this better than you, James, go back to the bass-heavy CMYK days when you were actually interesting.
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