OF MONSTERS AND MEN ‘Beneath The Skin’

James Blake gifted fans with a wonderful present this holiday season as the British singer released the studio take of his unadorned rendition of Don McLean’s “Vincent.” After frequently performing the American Pie song about Vincent Van Gogh in concert over the past year, Blake entered Los Angeles’ Conway Studios earlier this month to lay down the track. Like those live renditions, Blake’s version strips the song to its core as the singer runs through the track accompanied only by piano. 

 

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James Blake’s new song “If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead” is the British singer’s first new original track in two years. Blake’s Inimitable voice acts as the song’s main instrument as his vocals are chopped, distorted and manipulated .

 

Blake also dropped the single’s music video, which slowly turns a night drive into a 2001: A Space Odyssey-like visual journey as the song progresses.

 

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