Perry Blake takes you to a quiet place
Holydays are fine and give you time to come back to some albums that you listened a little bit too fast at the moment you purchased then. It’s also the right time to buy “old” cds that you new you will get later during the year. That’s the case for The Crying Room the newest released from Perry Blake (February, 2006, on Up Music), his fifth solo albums to date.
I discovered Perry Blake, Ireland, in 1998 with his self titled debut cd, his music and his wavering falsetto worked its way to the innermost and most intimate corners of these ears of mine.
At that time, Perry Blake was considered as a trip hop crooner and had a huge success in Europe, mainly in France, with his first single The Hunchback of San Francisco who was single of the week for BBC Radio 1. However, he remained virtually unknown in Britain and Ireland. The music of Perry Blake is a spectacular collection of seemingly flawless, often melancholic pop songs. Balancing simplicity and sophistication, the music of Perry Blake really sounds like nothing else out there.
I am quite happy with my first listening of The Crying Room. It is a quiet collection of intimate songs about love and loss - as usual - but this time the music is simpler and the cd is not over-cooked like the previous ones. Perhaps his most personal and affecting work so far, a simple pleasure.
I discovered Perry Blake, Ireland, in 1998 with his self titled debut cd, his music and his wavering falsetto worked its way to the innermost and most intimate corners of these ears of mine.
At that time, Perry Blake was considered as a trip hop crooner and had a huge success in Europe, mainly in France, with his first single The Hunchback of San Francisco who was single of the week for BBC Radio 1. However, he remained virtually unknown in Britain and Ireland. The music of Perry Blake is a spectacular collection of seemingly flawless, often melancholic pop songs. Balancing simplicity and sophistication, the music of Perry Blake really sounds like nothing else out there.
I am quite happy with my first listening of The Crying Room. It is a quiet collection of intimate songs about love and loss - as usual - but this time the music is simpler and the cd is not over-cooked like the previous ones. Perhaps his most personal and affecting work so far, a simple pleasure.
- Also, you can download the 2002’s Black Session (France Inter Radio) on Perry Blake’s Forum here: perryblake.com/phpBB/
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Perr Blake is my lover
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