James Blake Shares New Single ‘Death of Love’

The track is taken from Blake’s upcoming album, Trying Times.

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Three years on since his last album, UK electronic producer, singer and songwriter James Blake is readying the release of his seventh long player, Trying Times.

Ahead of the album’s 13 March release date via Good Boy Records (pre-order here), Blake has released the lead single from Tyring Times, the moving ‘Death of Love’. The track has an FKA Twigs vibe, with Blake joined by the London Welsh Male Voice Choir over the haunting instrumentation.

A press release explaining the record says: “Trying Times is a masterful display of the breadth of his artistry and ability to articulate emotion with endearing transparency; Blake traces the uneasy space between intimacy and isolation in an age of instability. 

“The record moves along the pressure lines of modern life, where overwhelm becomes both subject and atmosphere. The result is a body of work suspended between hope and dread. It moves through the comfort of loving and being loved while recognising how fragile that safety can feel when global anxieties and private doubts pull in opposing directions.”

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The 12-track album includes collaborations with UK rapper Dave and LA-based vocalist Monica Martin.

Trying Times is Blake’s first independent record since parting ways with Republic Records in 2024, the same year he released the collaborative album Bad Cameo with Lil Yachty and solo EP CMYK 002.

‘Death of Love’ by James Blake is out now. Listen here. Trying Times drops Friday 13 March via Good Boy Records. Pre-order/pre-save the record here and check out the album cover and tracklisting below.

Trying Times

1. ‘Walk Out Music’

2. ‘Death of Love’

3. ‘I Had a Dream She Took My Hand’

4. ‘Trying Times’

5. ‘Make Something Up’

6. ‘Didn’t Come to Argue’ [ft. Monica Martin]

7. ‘Doesn’t Just Happen’ [ft. Dave]

8. ‘Obsession’

9. ‘Rest of Your Life’

10. ‘Through the High Wire’

11. ‘Feel It Again’

12. ‘Just a Little Higher’

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