mixtape maestro (2.0)

Just in case you needed a brand new reason to be head over heels in love with The xx, the much blog-beloved UK act delivers another winner with new single “Basic Space”.

Seducingly minimialist and, in keeping with their signature, coolly dark, “Basic Space” spends it’s opening verse rocking nothing but odd drum machine tones as leads Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft drowsily trade off twisted lines of devotion towards one another.

Gradually, other musical elements (ringing guitars, lone synth hits, lingering basslines) are brought in to help add some color to the creeping nocturnal soundscape, but never once do these additions make the song lose grasp of it’s sexy, bare-boned allure, as the band retain enough space in between the instrumental tracks to keep things both captivatingly off and gorgeously weird.

Pre-order the band’s debut album (due August 17th), via Rough Trade.

DL: “Basic Space” (alt)