Two years after parting ways with Republic Records, James Blake will release Trying Times, his first independent studio album, on March 13 via Good Boy Records. “Death of Love,” the lead single with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir, is out now. Listen to it below.

The 12-track LP features contributions from UK rapper Dave and Los Angeles-based vocalist Monica Martin. Blake first teased Trying Times to fans three days ago, through the website tryingtimes.info. In a press statement, Blake says the album is a commentary on the relentlessness of modern life.

Blake released his last album, Playing Robots into Heaven, in 2023.

Trying Times:

01 Walk Out Music
02 Death of Love
03 I Had a Dream She Took My Hand
04 Trying Times
05 Make Something Up
06 Didn’t Come to Argue [ft. Monica Martin]
07 Doesn’t Just Happen [ft. Dave]
08 Obsession
09 Rest of Your Life
10 Through the High Wire
11 Feel It Again
12 Just a Little Higher