The XX is back with new music, and it feels like this wonderfully languid band may have just received a shot of adrenaline.
The London band’s new song is called “On Hold.” It features the familiar, hushed back-and-forth singing between old friends Romy Madly Croft and Oliver Sim, but producer Jamie Smith, a.k.a. Jamie xx, has lifted the band’s black veil and embraced a brighter, friendlier pop sound. See You arrives roughly five years after the xx’s previous LP, Coexist, a Top Five success on either side of the Atlantic. A press release announcing the new album promises “a new era” for the band, “both sonically and in terms of process” — an evolution partly spurred by their decision to record in a variety of locations around the globe over a two-year span. The end result is described as the xx at “their boldest yet, performing with more clarity and ambition than ever before.”
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The even better news here is that the song is just a peek at its first album in more than four years. I See You will include “On Hold” and nine more songs, will be released on January 13th via Young Turks. It was recorded earlier this year in London, New York, Los Angeles, Reykjavik and Marfa, Texas.
The xx – On Hold (Official Audio)
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