You won't have long to wait for Blake's first album in three years

James Blake has confirmed more details of his new album ‘Assume Form’, ending the three-year wait since his previous album ‘The Colour In Anything‘ in 2016.

Fans won’t have long to wait for the new album, which was first confirmed as having a January 18 release date on posters spotted in London.

Now, Blake has officially confirmed the news, along with information about UK tour dates for April, the album’s artwork, and the aforementioned release date.

The poster indicated that ‘Assume Form’ will have a stellar list of guests, including Andre 3000, Travis Scott, Moses Sumney, Metro Boomin and Rosalia, which has now been officially confirmed.

The poster advertising James Blake’s new album ‘Assume Form’, spotted via Reddit.

Chief amongst the new revelations are a series of headline shows, with three UK dates set for April. Check out the dates in full below and buy tickets here from 9AM on January 18.

April

7 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
9 – Bristol, O2 Academy
18 – London, Eventim Apollo

A long stretch of American dates will precede the UK gigs, while Blake has also been confirmed to play Nuits Sonores in France, and Primavera Sound in Barcelona in May.

Fans who preorder the album via the ‘Assume Form’ website will be eligible for a pre-sale of tickets on January 16, with the rest available on the album’s release day.

The first confirmation of ‘Assume Form’ came via Blake’s Instagram page last Saturday, when he posted a link to the ‘Assume Form’ website. The title ‘Assume Form’ has also been projected onto Shoreditch underground station, among other London landmarks featured in a video on the ‘Assume Form’ website.

The video on the site asks a series of questions – possibly lyrics to one of the album’s songs – scrolling down the screen. These include: “Now you can feel everything, doesn’t it seem more natural?”, “Doesn’t it see you float?”, “Doesn’t it feel connected?” and “Don’t you know your best side shows when you’re unaware, not thinking, just primal?”

Since the release of ‘The Colour In Anything’, Blake has released two standalone singles, a cover of Don McLean’s 1970s hit ‘Vincent’ and ‘If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead’. Blake also released Mount Kimbie collaboration ‘Don’t Miss It’, which appears to be on the new album, going from a tracklisting accidentally leaked by Amazon France which was quickly deleted.

The reported tracklisting for ‘Assume Form’ from Amazon France is:

‘Assume Form’
‘Mile High’
‘Tell Them’
‘Into The Red’
‘Barefoot In The Park’
‘Can’t We Believe The Way We Flow?’
‘Are You In Love?’
‘Where’s The Catch?’
‘I’ll Come Too’
‘Power On’
‘Don’t Miss It’
‘Lullaby For My Insomniac’