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2015, anticipation, music, new music

[anticipation] Jamie xx//In Colour

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Jamie xx will release his debut full length, In Colour, this June via Young Turks. The LP will include previously released singles “Sleep Sound” and “Girl”, along with a plethora of new tracks I can’t wait to get my greedy little ears on. In a recent interview with BBC Radio’s Annie Mac, Jamie discussed the new record and shared a new track, Loud Voices, which includes lovely vocals from fellow xx-er Romy. You can listen to that interview and song here. And if you can tolerate the signal test, you can hear bits of more new material at Jamie xx’s website.

In Colour tracklist (according to Fader, which took the time to decipher Jamie’s creative use of instagram, but may or may not be in the correct sequential order):
Gosh
Sleep Sound
See Saw [ft. Romy]
Obvs
Just Saying
Stranger in a Room [ft. Oliver Sim]
Hold Tight
The Rest Is Noise
I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) [ft. Young Thug and Popcaan]
Loud Places [ft. Romy]

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UPDATE: In Colour is out June 1/2 and you can now check out two new tracks below (or via Spotify) – “Loud Places (ft. Romy)”, aka best b-side never produced by The xx, and “Gosh”, aka my new favorite Jamie xx track and final proof that he’s the best producer of my generation.

 

 

[jamiexx.com]

 

2015, anticipation, music, new music

(1) Day of Anticipation//2015

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It’s a new year, which means new music. Here’s a few 2015 releases i’m very excited to hear…

 

Belle & Sebastian//Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance (out 1/20/2015 on Matador)

[belleandsebastian.com]

 

Father John Misty//I Love You, Honeybear (out 2/10/15 on Sub Pop)

[fatherjohnmisty.com]

 

Dan Deacon//Glass Riffer (out 2/25/15 on Domino)

[dandeacon.com]

 

Will Butler//Policy (out 3/10/15 on Merge Records)

[butlerwills.com]

 

The Go! Team//The Scene Between (out 3/23/15 on Memphis Industries)

[thegoteam.co.uk]

 

Purity Ring//TBA (out TBA on 4AD)

[purityringthing.com]

 

Kendrick Lamar//TBA (out TBA on Interscope)

[kendricklamar.com]

 

Mew//TBA (out TBA on Evil Office)

[mewsite.com]

 

AURORA//TBA (out TBA on Glassnote)

[aurora-music.com]

 

Grimes//TBA (out TBA on 4AD)

[grimesmusic.com]

 

The xx//TBA (out TBA on Young Turks)

[thexx.info]

 

Jamie xx//TBA (out TBA on Young Turks)

[jamiexx.com]

 

Frank Ocean//TBA (out TBA on Def Jam)

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2014, anticipation, music

[anticipation] The xx//LP3

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Hello,

It’s been a while, we hope everything is wonderful with you.

This year has been a creative one for us so far, we have been hard at work writing and recording new music in a few different places around the world.

In the spring we spent a few weeks in the incredible and unique town of Marfa in Texas. Then, in Summer we spent some time just outside of Reykavik in Iceland. This Autumn we have been back in London, writing and having some time at home but this week we are heading out to Los Angeles to continue the writing and recording process.

Although all very different, each of these places have been inspirational environments to create music in, and each will have an influence on the new album. The whole process is a big adventure and we can’t wait for a time when we’ll be able to share the music with you.

Lots of love until then.

xx The xx

[thexx.info]

2014, music, watch

[watch] Jamie xx//Sleep Sound

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jamie xx - sleep sound

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(via Nowness)

“I was on a train listening to music, getting deep into it, and this girl started staring at me,” says London-based artist and poet Sofia Mattioli of the genesis of her video for Jamie xx’s “Sleep Sound.” “After a while I took my headphones off and she came up to me, started signing and then wrote me a note to say that she was deaf but could almost feel the music by my movement.” With the germ of an idea from this chance encounter, Mattioli was asked to create a video for the member of The xx and Grammy-winning producer of Alicia Keys, Gil Scott-Heron and Drake. During the course of one day, she danced with 13 members of the Manchester Deaf Centre with ages ranging from five to 27 years old, who responded to the movement of the artist and the vibrations in the air given off by the song. “The relationship between silence and music is a big part of what I am trying to express with my work,” says Mattioli. “The first kid in the video, Archie, was bliss—all of them were amazing. I hope this is a project I can develop further.”

Girl / Sleep Sound is out May 5 on Young Turks.

[jamiexx.com]