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Having already announced he’d be heading here for This That and Spilt Milk festivals, we knew it would only be a matter of time before RL Grime added some sideshows, and new album NOVA is just the icing on the cake.

Today is a great day for Aussie fans of American producer RL Grime, with the electro beatsmith not only announcing an extra four dates when he is out here in November, but also releasing the long-awaited follow up to his 2014 debut VOID. That’s right, NOVA is here and it’s sounding massive.

“When I started NOVA, it was from a different place. I had become overwhelmed by my own thoughts of what I should be, and what the project should be. I wanted to push myself forward, but still to exist in the world that I had established on that first album,” Grime says. “I wanted to keep the power and purpose that I presented in VOID, but open up my process to new sounds, and collaborators, and lyrics. I felt like I had more to say, and more opportunity to say it, but that sometimes is debilitating.”

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Further good news (does it ever stop?) RL Grime will be joined by D’Anthony Carlos AKA GoldLink. The Washington DC rapper and grammy nominee will be bringing the fire to the East Coast in a big way. Check out the tour dates below and head here to sign up for presale tickets for the run of shows, with general public tickets on sale Wednesday August 8th.