Last month, radio chancer James Blake played a song called ‘Bloke’ from “Simon Tallywhacker” and last week on his monthly show, he revealed the track was the other A-side, called ‘Girl’ of Jamie xx’s ‘Sleep Sound’. The single is out on May 5th and is Jamie’s first since 2011’s ‘Far Nearer’ (that doesn’t feel like as long ago as it is).
‘Girl’ is a track with a deep bass groove and a simple hi-end percussion with a vocal sample repeating “I want your love.”
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Jamie xx DJ tour dates
28th March Zeitgeist @ Verboten, New York, US
24th May Love Saves The Day, Bristol, UK
25th May Life Festival, Dublin, Ireland
28th May Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
30th May Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
7th June Field Day, London, UK
8th June Parklife, Manchester, UK
12th June Unknown Festival, Rovinj, Croatia
5th July Astropolis, Brest, France
3rd August Dekmantel Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
8th August Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
