The xx to record third album in Iceland and Texas

10 June 2014, 10:11 | Written by Luke Morgan Britton

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It’s been confirmed that The xx will start work on their third album release next month, recording the LP between sessions in Texas and Iceland.

XL’s in-house producer Rodaidh McDonald who recently revealed details of a possible album from Jai Paul told Dazed that the record has a “completely different concept” to the London band’s first two releases.

“We’re doing it in Texas and Iceland, and maybe France. So that’s kind of starting in the middle of July, I’ve already spent a bit of time with them in Texas,” McDonald said.

“There are songs which have come out of our experiences in New York and Texas that would never have come out in London; the colours and the ideas and the moods on some of these songs are just not things you would write in London. It’s about opening things up a bit more. They are a London band, but they’re also a band that’s spent a lot of time in different countries. So we’re trying to push that further with the Iceland trip, which is happening in July.”

The upcoming full-length will be the group’s follow-up to 2012’s Coexist.