Lindisfarne / Unluck

"Lindisfarne / Unluck" is a double A-side single by English dubstep producer and singer-songwriter James Blake, released as the third single from his self-titled debut album. The single was released as a digital download on the iTunes Store on 16 June 2011^[1] and on 10" vinyl the following day.^[2]

"Lindisfarne / Unluck"
Single by James Blake
from the album James Blake
Released	16 June 2011[1]
Recorded	2010
Genre	Electronica, experimental, art pop
Length	6:54
Label	Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)	James Blake, Rob McAndrews
Producer(s)	James Blake
James Blake singles chronology
"The Wilhelm Scream" (2011) "Lindisfarne / Unluck" (2011) "Order / Pan" (2011)

Song information

Lindisfarne

"Lindisfarne" shows elements of folktronica, trip hop, and soul music. It has extensive use of auto-tune, vocoders and multi-layered vocals over acoustic guitar playing.

On the album, the song is split up into 2 parts; "Lindisfarne I" and "Lindisfarne II". On the single, the two are combined into one shortened track, "Lindisfarne (Edit)"^[1]

Unluck

"Unluck" is an electronic song that brings out elements of IDM, trip hop, and post-dubstep. It is in the same form as it is on the album.

Music video

A music video was released for "Lindisfarne (Edit)" to Blake's VEVO page on YouTube. As of 18 September 2019, the music video has 1,166,506 views.^[3]

There was no video released for "Unluck".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lindisfarne" (Edit)	James Blake, Rob McAndrews	3:51
2.	"Unluck"	J. Blake	3:03
Total length:			6:54

Personnel

Credits adapted from Discogs.^[2]

Song

• James Blake – songwriting, production
• Rob McAndrews – acoustic guitar and songwriting on "Lindisfarne (Edit)"

Artwork

• Helen Litherland – artwork
• Alexander Brown – design

Music video

• Martin De Thura – director^[3]