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"We have a lot of love and respect for the people of the USA..."

Since The xx dropped their debut album, xx, in 2009, the British trio have been embraced by fans all over the world, especially the US. And so they decided to not only pay homage to the country, but also give us their take on what small-town America looks like, in their new visual for "On Hold."

Filmed in Marfa, TX, which is where a fair amount of their upcoming album, I See You, was written and recorded, the band centers the visual on a group of local high school students, their every day musings and culminates in a house party with Jamie xx as the DJ, of course. We also get to see The xx have their own in the town.

The xx say in a statement, “Today we get to share our new video for ‘On Hold’ with you! The video is directed by the brilliant Alasdair McLellan, whose work we all adore...It was filmed in Marfa, Texas, a very special place to us, where we wrote and recorded some of our new album. We have a lot of love and respect for the people of the USA, having played hundreds of shows across the country over the past years. We hope this video reflects just some of the warmth and acceptance we have encountered there.”

I See You drops on January 13, 2017. In the meantime, watch the video below.

 

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