Taking the torch from James Blake, upstart British crooner Alex Clare crafts a more accessible, radio friendly version of Blake's neo-soul-via-dubstep template. Whereas Blake's aesthetic tips the balance in favor of dubstep with soulful vocals layered over top, Clare flips that notion on its head: this is definitely pop music first, dubstep second. Not that that's a bad thing, and the production courtesy Diplo and Switch ensures that the dubstep elements are legit, if only ornamental.
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