The xx have today released a new song from their forthcoming album, I See You. Following the global success of lead single ‘On Hold’ (and its accompanying Alasdair McLellan directed video), ‘Say Something Loving’ is the second song to be revealed from the London trio’s highly-anticipated third album and is available to download / stream now HERE
Released on 13th January via Young Turks, I See You is set to be the first major album release of 2017. It is the follow up to The xx’s two previous albums – xx and Coexist – which have sold over 3 million copies between them, winning a host of accolades along the way (in recent reviews, Uncut described The xx as “the most influential band of the last decade” while The Telegraph stated that they are “the sound of the decade”). I See You marks a new era for Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith, both sonically and in terms of process. For while xx and Coexist were both made in relative isolation in London, I See You was recorded between March 2014 and August 2016 in New York, Marfa TX, Reykjavik, Los Angeles and London, and is characterised by a more outward-looking, open and expansive approach. Produced by Jamie Smith and Rodaidh McDonald, I See You is The xx at their boldest yet, performing with more clarity and ambition than ever before.
Meanwhile, The xx have announced a series of shows for their 2017 I See You Tour. These dates include a record-breaking run of seven sold out shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton between 8th-15th March, performing to 35,000 people over seven hometown shows. Tickets for all shows are on general sale now via http://thexx.info/tour/
The xx – I See You Tour
8 February Hovet – Stockholm, Sweden
10 February Forum – Copenhagen, Denmark
12 February Sporthalle – Hamburg, Germany
13 February Heineken Music Hall – Amsterdam, Netherlands – SOLD OUT
14 February Zénith – Paris, France – SOLD OUT
15 February Zénith – Paris, France
17 February Zénith – Strasbourg, France
18 February St. Jakobshalle – Basel, Switzerland
20 February Mediolanum Forum – Milan, Italy
21 February Halle Tony Garnier – Lyon, France
23 February Marx Halle – Vienna, Austria
24 February Zenith – Munich, Germany
25 February Arena – Berlin, Germany – SOLD OUT
26 February Jahrhunderthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
28 February Mitsubishi Electric Halle – Dusseldorf, Germany
1 March Forest National – Brussels, Belgium – SOLD OUT
2 March Forest National – Brussels, Belgium
4 March Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham, UK
5 March O2 Apollo Manchester – Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
6 March O2 Apollo Manchester – Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
8 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
9 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
10 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
11 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
13 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
14 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
15 March O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK – SOLD OUT
17 March Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff, UK
23-25 March Festival Estero Picnic – Bogota, Columbia
25 March Lollapalooza – Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 March-1 April Lollapalooza – San Isidro, Argentina
1-2 April Lollapalooza – Santiago, Chile
31 May-4 June Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
6 July NOS Alive, Lisbon, Portugal
11-13 August Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland
18-20 August Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
