Listen to James Blake and Bon Iver’s New Song "I Need a Forest Fire"
Today on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show, James Blake announced that his new album The Colour in Anything, the follow-up to 2013′s Overgrown, will be released in just a few hours. He also debuted two new tracks from the album:”I Need a Forest Fire,” a collaboration with Bon Iver, and “Radio Silence,” formerly the title track. Listen to both below, as well as Blake’s interview with Annie Mac. Both tracks were also quickly released on Spotify, as was a third track from the album, “My Willing Heart.” Update 5/5 3:47 p.m.: Justin Vernon has been Tweeting about the collaboration. Find his tweets below. Update 5/5 4:23 p.m.: The new songs are now on YouTube. Hear them below.
In February, Blake and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon hinted at a new collaboration when a track attributed to Falls Creek Boys Choir (the name of their 2011 collaborative track) appeared on a mixtape promoting Vernon’s Eaux Claires festival.
So proud of my brother James Blake dropping the bigness tonight
— blobtower (@blobtower) May 5, 2016
Also, so proud of our song ForestFire came from wonderful accidents and good friendship
— blobtower (@blobtower) May 5, 2016
James , or Jim as I call him when I’m upset with him is such a powerful musician To be like Aaron Neville , AND aphex? Also, nothngelse
— blobtower (@blobtower) May 5, 2016
Revisit “Falls Creek Boys Choir”:
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