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James Blake - "Sound of Silence"

October 10, 2015

This is a good cover because Blake and Vernon are remarkable vocal arrangers. Go back and listen to "I Never Learnt To Share" and hear how he keeps undermining the main melody line. And of course it's the same thing Vernon does on "Woods," a song I think is more impressive on paper. No one's handing out gold stars for arrangement in snowy indie rock or air-duct electronica, but these two are some of the best. The new chord voicings on here are so subtly implemented, and the Rickenbacker sample at the end is a great coda. Two gold stars. 

 

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