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James Blake hints at details about his new album…

James Blake has stated that he’s 70% done with his new album, and has tipped off a release for April 2015. “I’m aware that people want to hear this record,” he said in a recent interview (Hello, understatement of the year.) “So I’m not being complacent.”

“I should hope that [the new album] will be a step on, as much as the second one was to the first,” he added. “I guess I’ve taken a focus on the songwriting again, even more closely, and I’m dabbling in some different production techniques, things I’ve developed.”

Blake went on to say that he hopes Kanye West will be available for a collab on the album, but due to their busy schedules, they haven’t been able to work together much just yet. Bon Iver is another confirmed collab though!

The album will be Blake’s third, a follow-up to his Mercury Prize winner and overall work of art Overgrown, which came out last year.