Oliver Sim has shared a new track called ‘GMT’ and announced a string of headline dates for this autumn.The song is the latest preview of The xx musician’s debut solo album ‘Hideous Bastard’, which is due for release on September 9 via Young.
It follows the previous singles ‘Romance With A Memory’, ‘Fruit’ and ‘Hideous’.“‘GMT’ was one of the first songs made for the record,” Sim explained of his stripped-back latest offering.“I’d chased Jamie [xx, producer] to Australia to escape British winter.
We worked in Sydney and road tripped down to Byron Bay, stopping at secluded beaches and listening to a lot of The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson on the way.”He continued: “The first song we made was ‘GMT’, sampling Brian Wilson’s ‘Smile’.
The song was written about pining over a love back home, thousands of miles apart on different time zones. It’s also a love letter to London.”The track comes with a simplistic video by Laura Jane Coulson, a longtime friend and collaborator of Sim’s.
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