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James Blackshaw
The Glass Bead Game
Young God
On his seventh studio effort, the British-born guitarist James Blackshaw moves through the album's five numbers with an astounding display of musical virtuosity. Moody, dark and sometimes even haunting, The Glass Bead Game is undertaker folk at its finest. "Cross" comes with a sense of elegant foreboding; "Fix" is a moving piano ballad that closes beautifully and the ten-minute "Bled" demonstrates Blackshaw's speed and fingerpicking finesse. Rounding out the proceedings are the acoustic gothica of "Key" and the nearly twenty minute piano march of "Arc," which is a focused and mesmeric composition, filled with an enervating sense of mournful magic. Astonishing.
—Alex Green
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