Jamie xx Releases New Single Sleep Sound
While the xx is busy playing a residency of 25 intimate shows at New York's Park Avenue Armory, the band's ringleader Jamie xx still found time to release a new track. The track, "Sleep Sound," is quietly beautiful, filled with abstruse melodies that swirl and fade it manages to sound both sparse and overflowing simulataneously. The gently emotional track plays like the xx at its best and could as easily soundtrack a gallery opening as a shopping trip to an uber-hip boutique and, in fairness, it probably will. "Sleep Sound," was originally debuted late last year during a BBC 6 set by Jamie xx and will be released on a forthcoming 12 single along with "Girl" on May 5 via Young Turks. MORE The xx Take Risks, Succeed on Coexist, MORE Foster the People A New Album Explained  And the Video Premiere of "Fire Escape"