James Blake at Heaven, London (for The Edge)

The first song begins, loop-heavy, the bass is woozy. His voice reverberates and you get so lost in the echoes that you internalise them; a doctrine that you’ve willingly learnt and are in no rush to forget. When the bass is so strong you can feel your bones rattling, a cramped room of twenty-somethings head-nodding just doesn’t do the song justice; full body participation is required. He’s playing ‘Air and Lack Thereof’ which speaks volumes of the situation and in this moment, it’s almost a shame that he’s so popular...

Read the rest  of my review here, and check out Southampton Uni's entertainment magazine, The Edge.