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After the relative pop success that was 1973, James Bland er, Blunt is back to his usual form. That is, caterwauling empty lyrics over a nice acoustic backing.

The problem is rarely with the music, it’s the tone of Blunt’s voice, the mundanity of these songs. They almost all seem to blend into one big lovelorn symphony. And from the moment a James Blunt song begins to the moment it ends, you find yourself wishing you were deaf for the duration.

The fact of the matter is, if you release this type of music too often, the meaning of the song is lost. You spend more time trying to work out what other James Blunt song it sounds like instead of enjoying it.

In the fantasy music industry that exists in my head, the clock is already ticking on James Blunt’s career. He’s got the talent, he just refuses to use it to write decent songs. Thumbs down.