“Overgrown” by James Blake

"Overgrown" is the title track of James Blake's second album, released on 5 April 2013 through his own Atlas Records alongside Republic and Polydor. It's close to a solo act in the strictest sense: Blake wrote it, sings it, plays it, and engineered, produced and mixed it himself, with Ben Assiter the only other hand on deck, adding extra percussion.

The song lends its name to a record that carried the English singer-songwriter a long way: the album beat Laura Mvula, Disclosure and David Bowie to the 2013 Mercury Prize and earned him a Best New Artist nomination at the Grammys. The title track is where the album's slow-blooming, hushed ache takes root.

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