Jamie xx - In Colour

Jamie XX
In Colour
2015

How do you describe the rhythm of a heartbeat? How can you put into words what type of music your pulse makes? There is something deep within all of us that music connects with, it taps into a deep prehistoric need for connection, for love. We often associate that special something with organic instruments, drums, horns, ect. but with In Colour Jamie xx does it with samples. The connection to something real on this record is astounding. Jamie xx takes rave music and elevates to all it's best ideals love, dance, acceptance, beat, equalness, oneness. This record takes both the feeling of wanting to be around lots of people and how great that can be but also how we are all looking for that one to one connection. One of the most haunting lines on the whole record is: "I go to loud places/ To search for someone/ To be quiet with". It is at the same time one of the happiest and saddest things and an emotion we all deal with.

It's really hard to put into words how a great album makes you feel, what emotions it leaves you with that will never leave you. There is always that sense that you can go back to a great song and relive that moment in time, that instance in your life. This record is full of those songs, and not just for the effect they may have on you at a certain point in time, but for what they stand for on their own. This record builds something beautiful and then abruptly ends, dropping you blindly back into real life, confused but forever changed. I cannot speak highly enough of this record, it is pure artistic genius. Go listen as fast as you possibly can.

9.8 out of 10