{"id":431543,"date":"2026-01-23T05:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431543\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:28:10","slug":"james-blake-announces-first-album-as-independent-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/431543\/","title":{"rendered":"James Blake Announces First Album as Independent Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two years after parting ways with Republic Records, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/28425-james-blake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Blake<\/a> will release Trying Times, his first independent studio album, on March 13 via <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.itsgoodboy.com\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.itsgoodboy.com\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itsgoodboy.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Good Boy Records<\/a>. \u201cDeath of Love,\u201d the lead single with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir, is out now. Listen to it below.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-track LP features contributions from UK rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/33743-dave\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave<\/a> and Los Angeles-based vocalist Monica Martin. Blake first teased Trying Times to fans three days ago, through the website <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/tryingtimes.info\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/tryingtimes.info\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/tryingtimes.info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tryingtimes.info<\/a>. In a press statement, Blake says the album is a commentary on the relentlessness of modern life.<\/p>\n<p>Blake released his last album, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/james-blake-playing-robots-into-heaven\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Playing Robots into Heaven<\/a>, in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-offer-retailer=\"Rough Trade\" data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/en-us\/product\/james-blake\/spinning-1#56365280592203\" class=\"external-link BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE BaseLink-eTpkqh ProductEmbedImageLink-ldHtA-D deqABF llZwNE fyUolD cNNhkX\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.st\/p\/V1rbZZiYcJc4PJq4bw24B7A3W4hmzBy1M3zMEmE86LFxKuHXcWohYcwrbT4VMMCwJt7vXxtiLTett2qU1ZogL6h8n37NyZFWWTqPpdPTAhQgRuGjq83J38uFpqFnqHFeJWguokweUZHxQEtnAvyZKKPPb9MpJxQ65yq1NfFxabbJ4fkFUTEfn84nZjPTGw8KZ4WxEyfbYAvGSxThvtAvW2J8nno2xXoCUv3TMhgh9v6USKgPhwNjNnmZiRh4e2HWWuNEvaSuVyc4yUR222dtVgcxxTAuv2P9At3nfG2ZpEZTWmJCtngXxTn11wWBbnDHtg2Ebz82duTLcKgzfFbq1q9sCo69RLUEQA2W7uMcVsSBJ2aEy7NDx4FrMr9UUjPbiF8EDuF9VMDWChP2r3d8RWpEpamKC7HBHzJeXrFJcsvDPk3B4Mz17Q5xDRB8vA5sYpYkLo2Y5tYJ&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.st\/p\/V1rbZZiYcJc4PJq4bw24B7A3W4hmzBy1M3zMEmE86LFxKuHXcWohYcwrbT4VMMCwJt7vXxtiLTett2qU1ZogL6h8n37NyZFWWTqPpdPTAhQgRuGjq83J38uFpqFnqHFeJWguokweUZHxQEtnAvyZKKPPb9MpJxQ65yq1NfFxabbJ4fkFUTEfn84nZjPTGw8KZ4WxEyfbYAvGSxThvtAvW2J8nno2xXoCUv3TMhgh9v6USKgPhwNjNnmZiRh4e2HWWuNEvaSuVyc4yUR222dtVgcxxTAuv2P9At3nfG2ZpEZTWmJCtngXxTn11wWBbnDHtg2Ebz82duTLcKgzfFbq1q9sCo69RLUEQA2W7uMcVsSBJ2aEy7NDx4FrMr9UUjPbiF8EDuF9VMDWChP2r3d8RWpEpamKC7HBHzJeXrFJcsvDPk3B4Mz17Q5xDRB8vA5sYpYkLo2Y5tYJ\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain: Adult, Person, Photography, Face, Head, Portrait, Lighting, and Performer\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/james-blake-trying-times.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James Blake: Trying Times<\/p>\n<p>Trying Times:<\/p>\n<p>01 Walk Out Music<br \/>02 Death of Love<br \/>03 I Had a Dream She Took My Hand<br \/>04 Trying Times<br \/>05 Make Something Up<br \/>06 Didn\u2019t Come to Argue [ft. Monica Martin]<br \/>07 Doesn\u2019t Just Happen [ft. Dave]<br \/>08 Obsession<br \/>09 Rest of Your Life<br \/>10 Through the High Wire<br \/>11 Feel It Again<br \/>12 Just a Little Higher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two years after parting ways with Republic Records, James Blake will release Trying Times, his first independent studio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,4803],"class_list":["post-431543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}