The XX are back with their third album – find out what critics have been saying about the album here:
The Guardian: **** “I See You finds them a little gaudier of palette.”
The Financial Times: **** “the results turn out to represent a deft evolution in the band’s sound.”
The Daily Mail: ***** “With their first two albums, The xx carved out their own sound – sparse, introspective, sorrowful, supremely sorted. This time, they retain their distinctiveness while having a lot more fun.”
NME: **** “I See You is not simply an album then, but a moment of realisation.”
Consequence of Sound: “What makes The xx and I See You so enthralling, then, may not be a particular combination of lyrics and melodies, but the notion that there’s a secret life playing out here — one we may not be entirely privy to, but one that still rings with the sound of truth in all of its complexities.”
The Independent: **** “The xx have maintained that element of mystique which is so vital for their music. They are exciting precisely because they refuse to reveal everything about themselves.”
Gigwise.com: “I See You is more redemptive and enlightened than anything The xx have done before.”
I See You will be released on the 13th January.