We were supposed to get James Blake's new album Friends That Break Your Heart last week, but vinyl manufacturing delays led to a pushback to October 8.
Fortunately, we've got a lovely new song called "Famous Last Words" to help tide us over. The new song got that cinematic, subterranean feel that defines a lot of Blake's production, with synths that ping pong like radar as Blake tracks how he's unable to let go of someone particularly toxic.
My favorite moment is when the music drops into an almost-acapella Blake, who sings "You're the last of my old things." A perfect "finger hovering over phone screen's Block This Caller button" soundtrack.
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