In Colour isn’t a dance album. It’s an album made from a sense of nostalgia for the rave era, a time that Jamie xx was too young to experience. Jamie’s gift isn’t for pirate-radio hardcore; it’s for sparse, pretty bass-music architecture. And here, he turns party music into something sad and fond and warm and reflective. Jamie’s xx bandmates show up with stars in their eyes, finding peace in chaos. And then Young Thug and Popcaan show up to bless the album’s one honest-to-god pop song, pulling us out of our heads and onto the floor. –Tom

LISTEN