--- description: If you like the xx, you will definitely like this, too title: Jamie xx, "Sleep Sound" - Song Review image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jamie xx Releases New Single "Sleep Sound" by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2014 6:40 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 27, 2014 6:40 PM CUT While the xx is busy playing [a residency of 25 intimate shows](https://www.facebook.com/thexx/photos/a.128325876003.126288.10429446003/10152347263121004/?type=1&stream%5Fref=10 "undefined") at New York’s Park Avenue Armory, the band’s ringleader Jamie xx still found time to release a new track. The track, “Sleep Sound,” is quietly beautiful, filled with abstruse melodies that swirl and fade; it manages to sound both sparse and overflowing simulataneously. The gently emotional track plays like the xx at its best and could as easily soundtrack a gallery opening as a shopping trip to an uber-hip boutique… and, in fairness, it probably will. “Sleep Sound,” was originally debuted late last year during a BBC 6 set by Jamie xx and will be released on a forthcoming 12″ single along with “Girl” on May 5 via Young Turks. **MORE**: [The xx Take Risks, Succeed on Coexist](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/05/the-xx-take-risks-succeed-on-coexist/ "undefined") **MORE**: [Foster the People: A New Album Explained — And the Video Premiere of “Fire Escape”](http://time.com/15175/foster-the-people/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/40383/jamie-xx-sleep-sound/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/40383/jamie-xx-sleep-sound/"},"headline":"Jamie xx Releases New Single \"Sleep Sound\"","datePublished":"2014-03-27T18:40:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T07:32:41.873Z","description":"If you like the xx, you will definitely like this, too","url":"https://time.com/40383/jamie-xx-sleep-sound/","keywords":["Music","Music videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/40383/jamie-xx-sleep-sound/","name":"Jamie xx Releases New Single \"Sleep Sound\""}}]}] ```