New York native james K has just released "Idea.2", the last single off her new album Friend, which releases digitally and physically on September 5 via AD 93.
"Idea.2" features K balancing both glitch and ambient pop in a wide-open soundscape. You can check out the glitchy new track below:

The artist will be going on tour to celebrate the release of the record. You can catch her tour stretching across North America and Europe. The tour begins September 21 and finishes December 3.

Friend is out September 5. Pre-order here. Tracklist below:
- Days Go By
- Blinkmoth (July Mix)
- Doom Bikini
- Idea.2
- N'Balmed
- Rider
- On God
- Peel
- Lude (unwind)
- Play
- Lung Slide
- Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream
- Collapse (falling forward blissfully all the time)
Tour dates:
09/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time
09/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Ruins (Knockdown)*
09/26 Williamstown, MA @ Clark Institute*
09/27 Montreal, QC @ SAT*
10/03 Toronto, ON @ Project Nowhere**
10/05 Chicago, IL @ Color Club**
10/10 Durham, NC @ Slingshot
10/12 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/14 Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives
10/15 Seattle, WA @ Substation
10/16 Vancouver, BC @ Choo Choo
10/18 Miami, FL @ III Points Festival
10/19 Austin, TX @ Radio East
11/03 Copenhagen, DK @ Rust
11/05 London, UK @ Pitchfork London (Union Chapel)+ (SOLD OUT)
11/07 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
11/08 Brussels, BE @ Listen Festival x Le Botanique
11/11 Leeds, UK @ Howard Assembly Room
11/12 Glasgow, UK @ The Flying Duck
11/13 Manchester, UK @ The White Hotel
11/14 Oslo, NO @ Himmel, Blå
11/15 Tallinn, EE @ Paavli Kultuurivabrik
11/16 Warsaw, PL @ VooDoo Club
11/18 Zurich, CH @ Zentralwäscherei
11/19 Berlin, DE @ Silent Green
11/21 Milan, IT @ Linecheck Festival
11/22 Rome, IT @ luna.corp
11/26 Paris, FR @ Le Point Ephémère
11/27 Lisbon, PT @ ZDB
11/28 Barcelona, ES @ Caixaforum
12/03 London, UK @ ICA (SOLD OUT)
*with Maria Somerville
+with Nicolas Jaar + Ali Sethi
**support from Fergus Jones
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