Before (James Blake EP)

Before
EP by James Blake
Released	14 October 2020
Recorded	2020
Genre	Dance
Length	16:51
Label	Republic Polydor
Producer	James Blake
James Blake chronology
Assume Form (2019) Before (2020) Covers (2020)

Before is the seventh solo EP by English musician James Blake. It was released on 14 October 2020 by Republic and Polydor Records.

Track listing

Before

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Keep Calling"	James Blake Charlotte Wilson[c] Dominic Maker Erick the Architect Josh Stadlen Kalim Graham Patel Matthew Tavares[c] Thomas Paxton-Beesley[c]	James Blake Maker[a] Erick the Architect[b] Jameela Jamil[b] Stadlen[b] Kushi[b]	4:06
2.	"Before"	Blake Maker	Blake Maker[a] Jamil[b]	4:48
3.	"Do You Ever"	Blake Nico Muhly	Blake	3:45
4.	"Summer of Now"	Blake	Blake Maker[b] Jamil[b]	4:12
Total length:				16:51

Notes

• ^{^[a]} indicates a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} indicates an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} "I Keep Calling" samples "Falling Apart", written by Charlotte Day Wilson, Matthew Tavares, and Thomas Paxton-Beesley, and performed by Charlotte Day Wilson.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

• James Blake – vocals (all tracks), engineer (all tracks), mixer (all tracks), programming (4)
• Carl Bespolka – engineer (1)
• Josh Stadlen – piano (1)
• Peter Lee Johnson – violin (1), strings (2)
• Nico Muhly – string arranger (3)
• Nathan Schram – viola (3)