Frogtoon Music Album Info: Overgrown

Published: 12 Dec 2023, 01:02

Overgrown Is The Second Studio Album By English Electronic Musician James Blake. It Was Released On 5 April 2013 By Blake's Atlas Records Along With A&M Records And Polydor Records. The Album Features Guest Appearances From Electronic Music Producer Brian Eno And Wu-Tang Clan Member RZA. Overgrown Debuted At Number Eight On The UK Albums Chart And At Number One On The US Dance/Electronic Chart. It Was Supported By The Lead Single "Retrograde". The Album Was Awarded The 2013 Mercury Prize Beating Favourites Laura Mvula Disclosure And David Bowie To Win. It Also Earned Blake A Nomination For The Grammy Award For Best New Artist At The 56th Annual Grammy Awards. Following Both The Critical And Commercial Success Of Blake's Self-Titled Debut Album Blake Released Both The Enough Thunder And Love What Happened Here EPs. These EPs Noticeably More Structured Than His Previous Releases Featured More R&B-Tinged Work As Opposed To The Dubstep-Influenced Electronic Sound Of CMYK. Many Reviewers Speculated In The Year Between Releases That Blake Was Headed In The Wrong Direction With Pitchfork's Larry Fitzmaurice Saying That "James Blake's Reliance On Piano-Based Singer/songwriter Electro-Soul Perhaps Played It A Bit Too Safe Prompting Comparisons To The Once-Outré Now-Gear Spinning Career Of Fellow Avant-Crooner Jamie Lidell". Blake Admitted To Hot Press In An Interview About Overgrown That His Relationship Affected The Album. He Said "I Can't Deny It. There's No Point In Trying To Come Up With Some Other Explanation For What I've Been Writing About....When It Happened I Was Really Struck. Y'know—suddenly I'm Hit!". Earlier In 2012 Blake Spent Time With American Rapper Kanye West And Singer Justin Vernon. In 2012 After Months Of Speculation Blake Announced A New Collaborative Non-Single Release Under The Moniker Harmonimix. This Release Featured British Rapper Trim And The Single "Confidence Boost/Saying" Was Released On 24 September 2012. It Was A Return To Form For Blake And Featured The Distinct Characteristics Present In His Previous Efforts Though "Confidence Boost" Had Been Floating Around On The Internet For Three Or Four Years . During The Final Weeks Of 2012 Blake Performed Three Intimate Shows Where He Debuted Five New Tracks The Five Being "Our Love Comes Back" "Overgrown" "Retrograde" "To The Last" And "Every Day I Ran." Blake Announced Via Facebook On 7 February 2013 That His Second Album Overgrown Would Be Released On 8 April. The First Single From The Album "Retrograde" Was Debuted The Same Day On BBC Radio 1 And Was Released On 11 February. On 7 March Blake And His Labelmates At 1-800 Dinosaur Shared Both The Dub Version Of "Voyeur" And The Album Cut Of "Digital Lion" Featuring Brian Eno. The Title Track Was Released As A Single On 10 April Alongside A Music Video Directed By Nabil Elderkin. A Remix Of The Track "Life Round Here" Featuring Chance The Rapper Was Released On 11 October Alongside A Music Video Directed By Nabil Elderkin.