Blake - Skeptical EP (2022) Hi-Res

Alt-pop artist Blake has been releasing one stunner after another, and today released her much-anticipated EP ’SKEPTICAL’.

Hailing from Queenstown NZ, the now Auckland-based Blake has been quickly making an impression on the Aotearoa music scene - but not so long ago, she’d returned from the UK, where she’d spent five years honing her craft and immersing herself in the rich music London scene. During her time in London, she was sought out by some of the UK’s top drum and bass producers to write and record vocals in the genre. She was nominated for ‘Best Vocalist’ at the 2017 Drum and Bass awards and has over 5 million streams on Spotify on her feature tracks, with releases across Hospital Records and Shogun Audio. Her approach and philosophy in music are centred around authentic songwriting, re-telling personal experiences in metaphorically unique and interesting ways, taking influence from artists such as Jordan Rakei, Amy Winehouse and Julia Michaels. She released her debut EP HOME TRUTH in 2019, which Clash branded as ‘meaningful pop with subtle soul and jazz influences.’ For her upcoming EP SKEPTICAL, Blake has been working with some of New Zealand’s top emerging producers, blending her past and present musical influences of soul, electronic and pop music to generate something fresh and unique.