James Blake Drops Three New Songs, New Album Coming Tonight

Illustrator Quentin Blake, known for his work with author Roald Dahl, did the cover art for James Blake's new album, The Colour In Anything.

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The electronic musician, producer and soulful crooner James Blake will release his long-awaited album, The Colour In Anything at 7 p.m. ET tonight. In announcing the imminent album, Blake has released three of the album's 18 tracks, including a collaboration he recorded with Bon Iver called "I Need A Forest Fire," the lovely and spare "Radio Silence" and "My Willing Heart." You can hear all three new songs below.

Blake premiered "I Need A Forest Fire" and "Radio Silence" on the BBC's Radio 1 earlier today. Both songs, plus "My Willing Heart," appeared later on YouTube and Spotify.

The Colour In Anything is Blake's first full-length since the incredible Overgrown, which won the Mercury Prize in 2013. You can watch Blake perform songs from that album in a full concert NPR Music recorded at the 9:30 Club just after Overgrown was released.