Earlier this year, the post-dubstep British crooner James Blake unveiled his self-titled debut album beloved by listeners, with delicate tastes and aesthetic sensibilities, and maybe read interviews in which he talked about the evolution of dubstep and pointed out the anti-testosterone current running through his music. But now, there is a clip to compliment the emotional roller coaster that this delicate piano ballad takes us on.But 2011 is not over, and Monday, Blake released a striking music video that accompanies his beautiful rendition of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You." His version first got attention back in February, when he covered it for the BBC, but this take is all cleaned up and very crisp sounding. Mitchell recorded "A Case of You" in 1971 from her album "Blue," during her early folk period, and it is one of her most well-known songs. Gathering a life of its own, the track gained critical acclaim and was added to the Blake's recent EP "Enough Thunder," as well.
Known for producing warped, woozy bass-led bouts of electronic introspection, Blake's debut album demonstrated a different side to his output. Covering Feist, the producer had a clear love for songwriting in a classic sense. Nothing makes it quite as comforting to wallow in our romantic woes around the holidays quite like Mitchell. The 23-year-old Blake has a similar knack for making sad songs we love, just in a more robot-who-can-feel kind of way.
Shot in London last week, it was directed by film-maker Seb Edwards, and featuring actress Rebecca Hall. The camera follows a young woman around her flat, seemingly documenting one side of a claustrophobic and turbulent relationship, and looks alternately sad and happy, and everything in between. The video features a first-person view from a lover's perspective, watching a relationship through a graceful fast-forward as cast in a one-bedroom apartment. It really makes us think about past lovers, just in time for the holidays.
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