Video: James Blake – “Retrograde”

Only a day or two after releasing a stream of his new single, “Retrograde” James Blake drops the music video of the noteworthy tune. Director Martin de Thurah,who also helmed the St. Vincent and David Byrnes video for “Who” and Feist’s “Anti-Pioneer”, provides the equally memorable video.

Listen: James Blake – “Retrograde”

After some time away from the spotlight James Blake made his return today with the premiere of his new single “Retrograde”. The song is set to appear on Blake’s forthcoming LP, Overgrown, out on April 8th. Always the master of negative space James cleverly builds “Retrograde” up from a melody he coo’s during the opening bars, building his beat up around it and throwing down some appropriately soft vocals to bring it all together.