What is it? An alien attack? A comet? Or some other otherworldly thing that causes time to get all wacky and a small brush fire in the new James Blake video for “Retrograde”? Whatever it is that’s going on, the video’s director Martin De Thurah made it look freaking fantastic. You can watch the new James Blake “Retrograde” video below and figure it out for yourself.

James Blake announced a new album and a new single, “Retrograde,” on BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane on Thursday, and as promised released his new video for the song.

The album, which appeared on our most anticipated albums list, will be called “Overgrown” and is out on April 8 via Republic. In support of his new album, Blake will play at the Ogden Thatre in Denver on April 28.

Here’s James Blake’s full tour lineup:

02-26 London, England – ICA
04-14 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-16-17 San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine
04-18 Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
04-21 Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04-23 Seattle, WA – Neptune
04-24 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
04-25 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom
04-27 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
04-28 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
05-01 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
05-02 Chicago, IL – Metro
05-03 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
05-04 Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
05-06 Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
05-08 Boston, MA – House of Blues
05-09 New York, NY – Terminal 5
05-11 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
05-12 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
05-13 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
05-14 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
05-24 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
05-29 Madrid, Spain – Sala Capital

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