Nine years on from the release of his seminal Grammy, Brit, Ivor Novello and Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut album “In Colour“, musician, DJ and producer Jamie xx announces his long-awaited second album “In Waves”.
Jamie xx has been nothing if not patient. His first new album since 2015’s masterwork “In Colour” has been a long time coming, with numerous festival appearances, one-off singles, co-productions, and life experiences arriving along the way. Though it reveals a more expansive sound than his earlier work, “In Waves” also feels like a belated response to the pandemic. The urgency and ecstasy of the dancefloor is unavoidable, and with lively samples and widescreen collabs from the likes of Honey Dijon, Robyn, The Avalanches, and his xx bandmates, “In Waves” is a passionate, vivd request to treat each other right and revel in the freedom of dance.
Across 12 tracks including “Baddy On The Floor”, his joyous summer collaboration with club culture icon Honey Dijon, Jamie xx replicates the emotional crescendos and thrilling volatility of an almost mystical night out and features further collaborations amongst others Panda Bear, Oona Doherty and his The xx bandmates Romy and Oliver Sim. Created over a four year period ushered in by his much-loved 2020 Essential Mix and peppered with periods of self-reflection, a global pandemic, the blinking re-emergence into the strobe light and a newly discovered love of surfing as escapism, it’s an album that’s on course to eclipse the heights of its globally acclaimed predecessor.
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