A warm and even-keeled collection of ballads, this is James Blake’s most traditional album, but it offers little in the way of emotional insight. Friends That Break Your Heart, Blake’s follow ...

Singer and producer James Blake—born and raised in greater London and now a resident of Los Angeles—arrived on the scene at an exciting time for electronic music in the U.K. Now age 33, he ...

‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ stuns in how unexpected it is. Blake could have gone anywhere after his blissed-out 2019 LP ‘Assume Form’, and he did: the ‘Before’ and ‘Covers’ EPs ...

James Blake’s fifth studio album, Friends That Break Your Heart, dropped today and along with it the requisite press tour.. Much of these interviews have touched on the usual topics: the album ...

NPR Music's picks for the best albums out this week include James Blake's Friends That Break Your Heart, new ones from Cimafunk, the underground hip-hop duo Atmosphere, Reba McEntire, and more ...

James Blake Returns To His Roots in New Album 'Playing Robots Into Heaven' The followup to 2021’s ‘Friends That Break Your Heart.’ ...

Jameela Jamil and James Blake first sparked romance rumors in 2015. ... Jamil defended her producing credit on Blake's album Friends That Break Your Heart after receiving blowback on social media, ...

While Playing Robots Into Heaven is considered Blake’s sixth studio LP and the follow-up to 2021’s Friends That Break Your Heart, the artist did release an album of ambient music in 2022 ...

James Blake has announced a new album, Playing Robots Into Heaven. It’s his sixth studio LP, the follow-up to 2021’s Friends That Break Your Heart, and it’s due out September 8 via Republic ...

James Blake has a new album on the way called Playing Robots Into Heaven, his follow-up to 2021’s Friends That Break Your Heart. The album’s out in September, and it’s being touted as a ...

While Friends That Break Your Heart closes with three tracks, including the title song, that fulfil my Blake stereotype, ie translucently wet Bon Iver-tronica, there’s also much on board that is ...