Trying Times: Gatefold Black Vinyl 2LP Capo Lee Emeralds’ throbbing synthetic sound made

Emeralds’ throbbing synthetic sound made bite-sized

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Dizzy Gillespie & Duke Ellington

The Soft Cavalry has arrived

cramped with nostalgia

Trying Times: Gatefold Black Vinyl 2LP Capo Lee Emeralds’ throbbing synthetic sound made'Trying Times' is a record about being in love whilst battling the limits of the self against a backdrop of global uncertainty. James Blake explores the tension between intimacy and isolation, the pressure to curate and perform even as everything, inside and out, feels fragile and precarious. Themes of reflection, both literally and metaphorically, run through the records visual presentation, as Blake holds a mirror to the contradictions of modern