THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The long-awaited new album by Jamie xx, In Waves is the next chapter in the career of one of the most in demand producers of his generation.
With In Waves, Jamie replicates the emotional crescendos and thrilling volatility of an almost mystical night out — one where you return home in the cigarette ash dawn, the specifics of the last eight hours already blurring, but aware that these feelings will remain a crystalline memory.
In Waves is a melancholy paradise of bliss, heartbreak, and introspection. The story of a journey where you merge into the divine pulse of shadows, light, and dance floor rhythms.A strobe light epiphany about the illimitable possibilities and spiritual capacities of humanity.
Nine years after his debut solo masterpiece In Colour, the London producer has not only eclipsed the heights of its predecessor, he’s somehow made all supernatural adjectives and analogies seem understated.
“I am so unbelievably happy,” he says. “It’s been a while… and a lot has happened in that time. Ups and downs, growing up, figuring stuff out and then forgetting it all many times over. Life-changing events and world changing events. These waves that we have all experienced together and alone. I wanted to make something fun, joyful and introspective all at once. The best moments on a dance floor are usually that for me.”
