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James Blake's 'Playing Robots Into Heaven' | New Releases

September 8, 2023 Albumism Staff

James Blake
Playing Robots Into Heaven

Republic/Polydor
Released 09/08/23 | Listen Below

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James Blake has unveiled his sixth studio album Playing Robots Into Heaven as the follow-up to 2021’s Friends That Break Your Heart. Comprised of eleven new compositions including lead singles “Big Hammer,” “Loading” and the title track, Blake will support the album with a European and North American tour this fall, commencing September 18th in Milan and concluding October 19th in Los Angeles.

“I think the likelihood is that when people hear [the album]—if they know my music from that [early 2010s] era, they'll probably assume it was kind of like a hark back to something,” Blake recently explained to Mixmag. “But I see it as a move forward, more than a move back. I've got nothing against revisiting an older sound, but I do see this as a progression…I see it as the new sound.”

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