James Blake is releasing a new album, Playing Robots Into Heaven, on September 8 via Republic. The follow-up to 2021’s Friends That Break Your Heart is led by the single “Big Hammer.” The new “Big Hammer” music video, directed by Oscar Hudson, is shot from the perspective of a car that gets up to no good, crashing around an urban complex and facilitating a bank robbery alongside some stylish troublemakers in white tracksuits. Watch it below.
Along with the new album, Blake has announced a number of European and North American tour dates. The bulk of the shows take place in September and October. Find James Blake’s tour schedule below.
In between traditional studio albums, James Blake used the generative music app Endel to create the ambient project Winding Down. He recently featured on Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack From and Inspired by the Motion Picture).
Playing Robots Into Heaven:
01 Asking to Break
02 Loading
03 Tell Me
04 Fall Back
05 He’s Been Wonderful
06 Big Hammer
07 I Want You to Know
08 Night Sky
09 Fire the Editor
10 If You Can Hear Me
11 Playing Robots Into Heaven
James Blake:
07-06 London, England – Here
09-18 Milan, Italy – Fabrique
09-21 Brussels, Belgium – Forest National Club
09-22 Paris, France – L’Olympia
09-24 Berlin, Germany – UFO im Velodrom
09-26 Tilburg, Netherlands – 013
09-28 London, England – Alexandra Palace
10-03 Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
10-05 Queens, New York – Knockdown Center
10-09 Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10-10 Montreal, Quebec – L’Olympia
10-12 Toronto, Ontario – Rebel
10-14 Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
10-16 San Francisco, CA – The Masonic Theater
10-19 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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