English trio The xx shared the sentimental music video for “On Hold” today, the lead single off their forthcoming third album I See You. The clip was shot on location in Marfa, Texas—where the band wrote and recorded some of the new album—and tells the story of a high school romance between a football player and a cheerleader.
Directed by former club photographer Alasdair McLellan, the video is filled with heartwarmingly familiar adolescent tropes, ranging in highs and lows from nerve-wracking amorous uncertainty to carefree lust and hormonal melancholy. Along with being interspersed with scenic landscape imagery, it features the band performing at a gleeful house party.
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The band recently announced a 2017 tour lasting from February to the beginning of April, and surprised some fans by sending them free tickets in the mail.
I See You will be released by Young Turks on January 13.
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