Oliver Sim—bassist and vocalist for the xx— has shared his debut solo single "Romance with a Memory." The Jamie xx-produced song comes attached to a lo-fi lyric video featuring some wild, horror-inspired drag (including that of Toronto's own Yovska).
In a statement about the song, Sim said:
I'm thrilled, excited, ecstatic, over-caffeinated and overjoyed to be sharing "Romance with a Memory" with you all. Terrifyingly, this is the first song I've ever released under my own name, I really hope you all enjoy it. Produced by my dear older brother Jamie xx. I've also made a compilation of some of my favourite monsters, killers and queers getting down. I hope both the music and monsters make you feel as happy as they make me—I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me to watch a ghoul having a good time.
P.S. still very much in a loving and happy relationship/band with Romy and Jamie.
The song is a spooky pitch-shifted groove, and while it shares some of the xx's minimalist throb, it definitely sets Sim's solo work apart from his work with Romy Madley Croft — who released her own debut solo single "Lifetime" back in 2020.
"Romance with a Memory" first debuted on the xx's recently-announced Interludes Radio, the monthly radio series for Apple Music hosted by all three members of the band.
Check out "Romance with a Memory" below.
In a statement about the song, Sim said:
I'm thrilled, excited, ecstatic, over-caffeinated and overjoyed to be sharing "Romance with a Memory" with you all. Terrifyingly, this is the first song I've ever released under my own name, I really hope you all enjoy it. Produced by my dear older brother Jamie xx. I've also made a compilation of some of my favourite monsters, killers and queers getting down. I hope both the music and monsters make you feel as happy as they make me—I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me to watch a ghoul having a good time.
P.S. still very much in a loving and happy relationship/band with Romy and Jamie.
The song is a spooky pitch-shifted groove, and while it shares some of the xx's minimalist throb, it definitely sets Sim's solo work apart from his work with Romy Madley Croft — who released her own debut solo single "Lifetime" back in 2020.
"Romance with a Memory" first debuted on the xx's recently-announced Interludes Radio, the monthly radio series for Apple Music hosted by all three members of the band.
Check out "Romance with a Memory" below.
