After two records of elegant, sparse pop, ‘I See You’ found the trio mixing their trademark sound with dance and RNB too. Elements from Jamie xx’s solo offering ‘In Colour’ are evident, in the shuffling garage rhythms and jubilant instrumental breaks; but also the use of a jittering samples like the chunks of ‘Hall and Oates’ ‘I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)’ on ‘On Hold’, which is straight out of the producer’s playbook. We never lose the vulnerability or melancholic euphoria that drew so many to the band; just this time around we have it with killer beats and club ready choruses, and it’s all the more fun.

Read NME’s review of The xx – ‘I See You’

