James Blake has announced the follow-up to 2021’s Friends That Break Your Heart. It’s called Playing Robots Into Heaven, and it lands September 8 via Republic. According to a press release, the new record finds James returning to his experimental electronic music roots. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the lead single ‘Big Hammer’, which is accompanied by an Oscar Hudson-directed video. Check it out and find the album’s cover art (by Thibaut Grevet), tracklist, and Blake’s upcoming tour dates below.
Blake recently teamed up with Metro Boomin for the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack. He also co-produced Killer Mike’s André 3000/Future collab ‘Scientists & Engineers’.
Playing Robots Into Heaven Cover Artwork:
Playing Robots Into Heaven Tracklist:
1. Asking to Break
2. Loading
3. Tell Me
4. Fall Back
5. He’s Been Wonderful
6. Big Hammer
7. I Want You to Know
8. Night Sky
9. Fire the Editor
10. If You Can Hear Me
11. Playing Robots Into Heaven
James Blake 2023 Tour Dates:
Sep 18 – Milan, Italy – Fabrique
Sep 21 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National Club
Sep 22 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
Sep 24 – Berlin, Germany – UFO im Velodrom
Sep 26 – Tilburg, Netherlands – 013
Sep 28 – London, UK – Alexandra Palace
Oct 3 – Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy
Oct 5 – Queens, NY – Knockdown Center
Oct 9 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall
Oct 10 – Montreal, QC – L’Olympia
Oct 12 – Toronto, ON – Rebel
Oct 14 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Oct 16 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic Theater
Oct 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
