On The Colour in Anything, James Blake finds comfort in emptiness

James Blake's baritone sounds like a voice caught in a throat. It falters, it skips, it chokes. This pained, broken thing is the starting point of all of Blake's music. From this voice emerges an even greater depth of sound: part R&B, part ambient, part lo-fi love song. His vocals are often dipped in AutoTune, but his fragility drills through the effects. His newest album, The Colour in Anything (released with little advance notice last Friday), opens with Blake already at the height of emotiona...