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Jun 28, 2023 By Kat Ramkumar Photography by Thibaut Grevet

James Blake has announced the release of his new album, Playing Robots Into Heaven, and shared it’s first song, the instrumental, “Big Hammer,” via a music video. Playing Robots Into Heaven is due out September 8 via Republic. Blake also has a handful of fall tour dates coming up. Oscar Hudson (Radiohead, Bonobo) directed the “Big Hammer” video, which features a gang of thieves repeatedly crashing their car into buildings. Strangely enough, the song is a short near-instrusmental track that doesn’t feature Blake’s signature vocals. Check it out below, followed by Playing Robots Into Heaven’s tracklist and cover artwork, as well as the tour dates.

Playing Robots Into Heaven follows the critically acclaimed Friends That Break Your Heart from 2021—Blake’s highest charting album in the UK to date. He has recently collaborated with Metro Boomin for the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack on tracks “Hummingbird” and “Nonviolent Communication” (featuring A$AP Rocky and 21 Savage).

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 Tour Dates:

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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