Jamie XX has finally announced the long-awaited release of his second solo album which will be titled ‘In Waves’. The highly anticipated follow-up to Jamie’s acclaimed solo debut, ‘In Colour’, will be released on 20th September and will include his release from April ‘Baddy on the floor’ which featured Honey Dijon. The announcement of this album is accompanied by his new single ‘Treat Each Other Right’ which came with a video that you can check out below.
Jamie XX introduced the new album on Instagram saying that he’s been “figuring stuff out and then forgetting it all many times over” in the time since the release of his last record. “Life changing events and world changing events. These waves that we have all experienced together and alone.”
He continued saying that he “wanted to make something fun, joyful and introspective all at once. The best moments on a dance floor are usually that for me.” He added “I can’t wait to share it with you.”
The DJ and producers upcoming LP will feature a variety of accompanying artists over its 12 tracks including XX bandmates Romy and Oliver Sim as well as Kelsey Lu, The Avalanches and Oona Doherty.
The Tracklist is:
1. Wanna
2. Treat Each Other Right
3. Waited All Night (ft. Romy & Oliver Sim)
4. Baddy On The Floor (ft. Honey Dijon)
5. Dafodil (ft. Kelsey Lu, John Glacier & Panda Bear)
6. Still Summer
7. Life (ft. Robyn)
8. The Feeling I Get From You
9. Breather
10. All You Children (ft. The Avalanches)
11. Every Single Weekend (Interlude)
12. Falling Together (ft. Oona Doherty)
Jamie followed the announcement of ‘In Waves’ with an announcement of a Headline show at London’s Alexandra palace which goes on sale on June 7 at 10am or get access to the presale if you Pre-order a copy of ‘In Waves’. He will also be headlining the Woodsies stage on Friday night of Glastonbury later this month as well as Pitchfork music festival in July.
This follows a recent residency that he did at Venue MOT last month called The Floor, which lasted from the 16th of May to the 25th where he played the south London venue on 10 different occasions with a different selection of artists accompanying him each night which were only announced on the day of each show.
In the lead up to this announcement of a new album from Jamie XX he has helped his fellow XX members in their own solo work, producing Romy’s single ‘Enjoy Your Life’ with Fred again. He also did production work on Oliver Sim’s debut solo album Hideous Bastard.
As well as contributing to each other’s work separate from the XX Romy has said in an interview with NME recently that they are “meeting up regularly,” and that they have “spent time apart and it’s healthy to miss each other.”
She said they have had time apart to “learn new skills, get new musical ideas and experiences and compare them” and that “it’s cool to learn from each other again.” If this time in the studio comes to an album, as a lot of XX fans will be hoping, it would be their first LP since 2017’s ‘I See You’.
