The XX

The xx prepared their second album Coexist and recently debuted the second track off the record titled "Chained", with a smooth and sensual sound, alien nature. Coexist is due for release on September 10.

The xx introduced the new single with the message: "It's an exciting day to be able to share a new song that we wrote towards the end of recording the new album. It's going to be the second track on Coexist, it's called Chained."

"Chained" follows the release of "Angels", the first song we heard from the band earlier this year. The London band have announced a trio of intimate UK shows for September. They will take to the stage at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on September 10, followed by gigs at The Coal Exchange in Cardiff on September 11 and Edinburgh's Usher Hall on September 12. They will also play Bestival on the Isle of Wight on September 7.

The xx's new single "Chained":

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Speaking about the making of 'Coexist', the band revealed that they have "gained confidence" since the release of their debut album, 'xx'. "It's nice not feeling cripplingly shy," vocalist Romy Madley Croft said.

"Coexist" album track listing as follows:

1. Angels
2. Chained
3. Fiction
4. Try
5. Reunion
6. Sunset
7. Missing
8. Tides
9. Unfold
10. Swept Away
11. Our Song