90 - Drowned in Sound
While there is still plenty of those addictive sonic downpours, The Colour in Anything is arguably Blake’s most create cloudburst to date.
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83 - Pretty Much Amazing
Even if Colour doesn’t drastically alter Blake’s sound, it widens and refines it, keeping what made his first two records so memorable while hinting that there remains ever further room for growth.
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80 - The Guardian
[Blake's vocal is] magical in its evocative powers, and like Arthur Russell he can summon a sort of joyful sadness that seems to transcend the song itself. It means this album of digital anxiety and millennial unease is wrapped in something that feels both toweringly accomplished and heart-wrenchingly frail--and for that reason it should be treasured.
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70 - Spin
If there’s a downside to Anything, it’s the exhaustive length: 17 heart-trying wisps-of-songs that near the 80-minute mark, akin to needing a tissue and buying a Costco pallet of Kleenex.
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60 - Slant Magazine
The Colour in Anything, as dazzling as it often is, finds Blake sidetracked by all the things he can do and doing them coldly, rather than focusing on the few things he should.
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60 - Now Magazine
The Colour In Anything is a good album that could have been great if Blake had been a bit more willing to edit and discard his less successful sonic experiments.
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Tracklist:
01 – Radio Silence
02 – Points
03 – Love Me In Whatever Way
04 – Timeless
05 – f.o.r.e.v.e.r.
06 – Put That Away And Talk To Me
07 – I Hope My Life
08 – Waves Know Shores
09 – My Willing Heart
10 – Choose Me
11 – I Need A Forest Fire (feat. Bon Iver)
12 – Noise Above Our Heads
13 – The Colour In Anything
14 – Two Men Down
15 – Modern Soul
16 – Always
17 – Meet You In The Maze
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