In Colour
A brilliant, bittersweet love letter to UK club culture. Melodic steel pans, dusty rave samples, and late-night yearning wrapped in warm analogue house.
May 29, 2015 · Young (5)
A brilliant, bittersweet love letter to UK club culture. Melodic steel pans, dusty rave samples, and late-night yearning wrapped in warm analogue house.
May 29, 2015 · Young (5)
Steel pans ring out like wet glass over the thud of a distant, basement kick drum, capturing the exact warmth of a London sunrise after the club closes. This record took the muted, late-night ache of indie-pop and translated it into a glowing map of British rave history. By running dusty pirate radio vocal samples through bright analogue synths, it perfected a bittersweet brand of dance music that feels both crowded and lonely. You are not listening to a sweaty dancefloor, but rather the quiet cab ride home, wrapped in the lingering euphoria of a night you hope never ends.
“It’s the album as raucous party where the thrill of the moment never quite obliterates the wistful sadness that comes from knowing it will all end too soon”Read review
“A wistful valentine conjuring a more innocent time”Read review
“A vibrant, warm distillation of Jamie xx’s genre-spanning influences, one which could easily result in a meteoric rise in his profile”Read review
“A collection of sexless, sonically conservative tracks overwrought in bass and nostalgia, and largely void of personality”Read review
“Jamie xx’s probing of the past produces some intriguingly useful parts for an intimate style of electronica that is all his own”Read review
“An album defined by its creator making perfect choices”Read review
“Like recent albums by Hot Chip and George FitzGerald, In Colour is not so much about the past as it is a reaction to two-dimensional dance music in the present”Read review
“A thrilling reimagining of the British rave culture”Read review
“It is exceedingly rare to find a producer who does so much, with so little, that he distilled from, again, so much”Read review
“Although In Colour flirts with being overly tasteful, it usually manages to stay just the right side of strange”Read review
“It doesn’t always maintain the consistency that makes a truly great album, but it makes you feel good and puts a smile on your face”Read review
“A glorious, technicolour triumph”Read review
How does In Colour sound next to the rest of Jamie xx's catalogue?
The songwriting dives deeper into themes of love lost than ever before, transforming what could have been straightforward club anthems into aching, late-night reflections on romance slipping away.
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