The xx follow up their 2009 self-titled, Mercury Prize-winning debut album, with "Coexist". In 2009 the south London trio’s debut, quietly made at night over the course of two years, bled steadily into the public consciousness to become shorthand for newly refined ideas of teenage desire and anxiety. Articulated with a maturity beyond their years, it’s hallmarks were restraint and ambiguity. In the age of the over-share, ‘XX’ was pop with its privacy settings on max. Three years later, Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith are back with a new album, and a new perspective. Where XX lent in close to whisper in your ear, "Coexist" gazes warmly in your eyes. Much has happened to lead to this point: most pertinently, they’ve grown up. Previously cast as the quiet one, Jamie became the public face of The xx in 2011. In-between DJ gigs, he focused on growing his production skills, developing a distinct sound and presence. His remix of Adele’s "Rolling In The Deep", re-imagining of Gil Scott-Heron’s final album on "We’re New Here" with its defining single "I’ll Take Care Of U", and his debut solo single "Far Nearer", set him apart as a highly regarded producer in his own right. That position was cemented when Drake asked Jamie to produce the title track of his album ‘Take Care’, inspired by "I’ll Take Care Of U". Eventually the single sold over 1.8 million copies. Above all, though, ‘Coexist’ is an album of confident adult reflection. Angels, sung by Romy, is a perfectly distilled love song. Its counter is Fiction led by Oliver, a bittersweet ballad that’s strength lies in naming its fear. What has changed for The xx? Nothing, and everything. Older and wiser, surer yet still so tender, ‘Coexist’ finds itself on the other side of heartbreak, when the light returns.

Track Listing
1 Angels
2 Chained
3 Fiction
4 Try
5 Reunion
6 Sunset
7 Missing
8 Tides
9 Unfold
10 Swept Away
11 Our Song