James Blake debuts ‘Radio Silence’ track, says it’s from his new album

During his Latitude 2015 set last weekend, James Blake confirmed to the Obelisk Arena crowd that he’d been working on a new album. He also revealed that he’d played a new song from the follow-up to 2013’s ‘Overgrown’ during his set, but it was shared in disguised form.

Called ‘Radio Silence’ (also the working title of Blake’s new album), the song was wedged within a cover of Bill Withers’ ‘Hope She’ll Be Happier’, a staple of his live sets. Earlier this year however, footage emerged of the song being performed in its entirety at Tampa’s Big Guava Fest. It’s been aired at 1-800 Dinosaur DJ sets and shows as far back as last year’s Warehouse Project slot, but this looks to be the finished thing.

Speaking at Latitude, Blake told the crowd: “It’s really nice to be with you as the sun goes down, it’s always my favourite time to play… I’m writing a new album. We played something from it earlier - I hope you liked it.”

Catch up with our report from his set here, and check out ‘Radio Silence’ below.