Trying Times: CD Fat Tony while maintaining its trademarks -

while maintaining its trademarks - galloping bass

and CD-Rs Recorded by the lineup of John Gibbons (guitar)

opening shows for the likes of The Slits

refractions shimmering off the pavement in the heat

- Bad Boys

Trying Times: CD Fat Tony while maintaining its trademarks -'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