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Written on a plane upon just meeting Joni Mitchell, Overgrown is James' reaction to their conversation about permanence as an artist in the music world. James is envious of her position: the enduring lone doorframe in the war of the turbulent modern music world.

And why wouldn’t he be? His debut found him unwillingly crowned the prince of post-dubstep, nobly battling against the homogenizing, and increasingly aggressive dubstep scene. He became iconic not for his artistry, but for the statements bloggers heaped onto his debut. When Anthony Fantano’s review began literally with the words “Hey everybody! All aboard the hype train!” it’s easy to see why James Blake would opt not to be a “star” but “a stone on the shore”: a permanent figure in his own space.

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Release Date
April 5, 2013
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