The xx share rehearsal footage as they prepare to return

The xx have shared footage of them rehearsing as they prepare to return.

• READ MORE: Romy on being back in the studio with The xx: “We’re up for trying new things but it sounds like us”

On Tuesday (September 16), it was revealed that the band would be playing Coachella 2026, after the festival surprise-dropped the bill for next year’s instalment.

News of their comeback follows Romy and Oliver Sim making an appearance on Jamie xx’s 2024 single ‘Waited All Night’ from his album ‘In Waves’. It marked the first time all three members had appeared together on a track since the band’s 2017 album ‘I See You‘.

Since then, they reunited recently at the 2025 edition of LIDO Festival in London, and have been underway with work on their long-anticipated fourth album.

Now, they’ve shared footage of them together preparing for their highly-awaited return. In a video posted to Instagram last night (September 17), they can be seen playing together in a studio. “Picking up our instruments again. See you in the desert?” they wrote in the caption, alluding to their upcoming Coachella set. Check out the clip below.

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Jamie revealed last summer that the band were working on a new album together and said they were “having a good time” while doing so. “It is like The Avengers!” he said. “We’ve said it ourselves. It’s always so nice to get back together with them.” In March, they gave a further update by sharing a pic of the three of them sitting in a studio together.

Speaking to NME on the red carpet at the 2024 BRIT Awards about the new music, Romy also shared: “We’re just keeping it really open and we’re up for trying new things, but it sounds like us. That’s all I can say right now.”

“We’ve learned a lot from our different solo projects and it’s cool to learn from each other again,” she added. “We grew up together and we had a lot of experiences, but to then have time apart and learn new skills, get new musical ideas and experiences and compare them… it’s been a healthy break.”

The long-awaited record will be the trio’s first since their 2017 album ‘I See You’.

Since then, Jamie xx has released the aforementioned ‘In Waves’ in 2024, which was given four stars from NME in a review that read: “‘In Waves’ wears its creator’s perfectionism with surprising lightness: such long-gestating records can often feel airless and over-produced, but Smith has crafted an immaculate album that still feels loose and energised.”

Romy shared her debut solo album ‘Mid Air’ in 2023. It was met with a five-star review from NME, saying: “Many of these songs will give you a prick of emotion at the back of your eyes – a sure sign that Romy really appreciates the healing power of a packed club floor.”

Meanwhile, Sim shared his debut solo album ‘Hideous Bastard’ in 2022, which NME called “utterly majestic and magnificent” in a glowing four-star review. Back in August, Sim also shared a new single titled ‘Obsession’, which marked his first music not to be produced by Jamie xx.

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