Enough Thunder

James Blake - Enough Thunder
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
User Score
Based on 110 ratings
2011 Rank: #322
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
DIY
Be it the alluring uneasy mist or the naked vulnerability, if you’re willing to buy into just a fraction of Blake’s unspoken rhetoric and painstaking air, ‘Enough Thunder’ will shower you in its own riches.
76
Spectrum Culture

With an EP of songs stripped to their core and bereft of any frills, Blake creates a soulful six-track project that defies expectations while branching into new ground. But unlike his past EPs, Enough Thunder accompanies the flicker of candlelight better than the pulse of strobe.

75
Pretty Much Amazing

Enough Thunder is not Blake’s most dynamic or genre-defying work, but neither is it a definitive statement of what is to come. Instead, it is a snapshot of a period of his creativity, a peek into his sketchbook.

75
Entertainment Weekly
The silky-voiced Brit’s Bon Iver-assisted EP is lush enough to be played at a swanky restaurant, but it may be even better suited to an evening alone with a hard drink.
70
Consequence of Sound

It’s impossible not to note his fast-growing confidence in his own voice and songwriting abilities.

70
Coke Machine Glow

Enough Thunder certainly offers up enough for any Blake fan to both love and hate—and at the end of the day still be entirely unsure of exactly what to hope for.

67
A.V. Club

Since Enough Thunder feels a bit scrapped together, the EP doesn’t fully recreate the sustained mystique of Blake’s full-length album. The singer’s stately quaver makes it easy to overlook that this is mostly B material, though.

67
Beats Per Minute

Although this may be a relative disappointment it should not be looked at as the start of a decline, but merely a curiosity in the collection.

64
Pitchfork

For those who adored Blake's heavier, more rhythmic early material, Enough Thunder could easily turn into Not Enough Thunder.

60
Drowned in Sound
Well done, James Blake. You honestly aren’t that bad at all, mate.
60
PopMatters

Enough Thunder could be the link between the kind of artist that will pass as a mere fashion trend, or weld the form and content of his art into something with staying power. Though not a stand-out EP, James Blake is to be commended for attempting the path of the latter.

55
Prefix
It may not be the sound that made Blake famous across the blogosphere and he could’ve, at times, no doubt used an editor to focus the sound on the entire EP, but his Antony-esque bellowing is both lovely and heartbreaking and provokes an emotional response from the listener, and with music, is there much more that we can ask?
50
NME
On the whole though, ‘Enough Thunder’ suffers from the same problem as Blake’s album. His considerable production chops can’t disguise that his songwriting too often feels half-formed. It’s hard not to suspect that his finest work still lies ahead of him.
50
The Needle Drop
James Blake's new EP, much like his self-titled debut earlier this year, is loaded with ideas that, to me, don't feel completely finished. Still, the guy draws up some interesting concepts--even as he attempts to focus more on building songs on voice and piano this time around.
47
Paste

All in all, Enough Thunder sounds like an “Everything Must Go” musical yard sale, Blake clearing house of all his unused ideas that couldn’t fit on a proper record.

TheCarioca
70

Once We All Agree - 3/5
We Might Feel Unsound - 3/5
Fall Creek Boys Choir (feat. Bon Iver) - 4/5
A Case Of You - 4/5
Not Long Now - 3/5
Enough Thunder - 4/5

gopxity
70

I've listened to quite a bit of James Blake's discography and this is the last of his EPs that I had yet to check out up to this point. With his upcoming album announced, I figured now would be a good time to give this one a listen. This EP does kind of come across as some tracks that didn't make the album, but James is so good that even his throwaways are a great listen. The Bon Iver collaboration is beautiful, they sound so good together.

GelatoM0
72

[72.00] So this was an attachment to "James Blake" supposedly and from listening I can tell it isn't as produced as the album and has this echoey thing I am not a fan of. Need to learn Enough Thunder on piano doe.

favs - Fall Creek Boys Choir, A Case of You

69 - Once We All Agree
74 - We Might Feel Unsound
77 - Fall Creek Boys Choir
75 - A Case of You
65 - Not Long Now
72 - Enough Thunder

51

feels mostly like loose sketches and unfinished ideas

90

ascension - the ep

ShoegazeJake
80

Joni Mitchel cover of the life.

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Track List

1Once We All Agree
4:23
86
2We Might Feel Unsound
4:00
85
3Fall Creek Boys Choir
4:33
82
4A Case Of You
2:57
78
5Not Long Now
5:23
83
6Enough Thunder
4:15
85
Total Length: 25 minutes
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Added on: August 31, 2011