Photography Laura CoulsonMusicNewsListen to The xx’s new single, ‘On Hold’The track is taken from the group’s third album, I See YouShareLink copied ✔️November 10, 2016MusicNewsTextDominique Sisley After teasing fans with a series of 55-second teaser tracks this month, The xx have now shared their long-awaited comeback single, “On Hold”. The track is taken from the group’s third studio album, I See You, and is their first release in over three years. The full 10-track LP is set to be released on January 13. It’s been described by the group’s label as a “more outward-looking, open and expansive” album, and will apparently represent “a new era for the London trio”. “On Hold” is the first track to be released from the album, and samples Hall & Oates’ “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” from 1981. Hear it on YouTube below, or stream it on Apple Music or Spotify. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORE7 of Chase Infiniti’s favourite K-pop tracksMeet The Deep, K-pop’s antihero ‘This is our Nirvana!’: Are Geese Gen Z’s first great rock band?10 of Yung Lean’s best collabs‘We’re like brother and sister’: Yung Lean and Charli xcx in conversationIs art finally getting challenging again?The only tracks you need to hear from November 2025Inside the world of Amore, Spain’s latest rising starLella Fadda is blazing a trail in the Egyptian music sceneThe rise of Sweden’s post-pop undergroundNeda is the singer-songwriter blending Farsi classics with Lily Allen 6 Flog Gnaw artists on what’s inspiring them right now