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Photography & Lyrics

After a long period

Released in October 1987

and the gorgeous orchestration of the Beach Boys

Trying Times: Gatefold Black Vinyl 2LP Quavo They worked on material she'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