Lav's Music Corner

Now that I'm done undergoing the album rush leading up to my mid-year list video, it's time to cover some EPs that I've been neglecting in the past few weeks and there's three big ones we need to talk about first.  CMYK 002  EP - James Blake Having a "favorite" artist feels like an emotional distinction, to me at least. But if you look at my entire output as a critic it's hard to identify any single artist I've directed more praise towards than James Blake. That's come from numerous albums he's dropped both as they're released and in retrospect as well as numerous singles and shorter projects that have been equally as satisfying. In fact, the last time he indulged in the EP format with new original material came on 2020's Before , a stroke of absolute brilliance that is still among my favorite EPs of this entire decade.  So its no surprise that I was pretty excited for this surprise drop and spoiler alert, I like it. That's right ou