James Blake: "Pressure isn't real"

James Blake has revealed that he doesn't feel pressured about how his debut album will be received.

The singer and producer, who releases his self-titled LP this week, said he is not worried about the response to the record because he did the "most honest job" he could with it.

"Pressure isn't real - it just isn't. I can't make my album any better now it's done," he told The Scotsman.

"My attitude to everything has always been: do the most honest job you can."

The 'Limit To Your Love' star, whose sound has been described as "minimalist dubstep", also cited singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell as an inspiration on the album.

"Joni Mitchell's album Blue totally destroyed me and then built me back up again," he confessed. "Second year at uni, I listened to it every day for six months.

"Every diary entry would have read, 'Got up, made toast, put on Blue.' But it was music that always stayed in my room - I never listened to it outside. Actually, come to think of it, I never went outside much that year."

James Blake is on course to enter the top ten on this Sunday's album chart.