Mercury nominees The xx have been on the receiving end of what feels like hundreds of remixes and refits since the release of their debut album last year, from the bizarre (here’s looking at you, Shakira) to the beautiful, so it’s no surprise that yet another one has cropped up. This time, Barcelonian John Talabot is taking the once sobering Shelter to task and twisting it into something much more appropriate for sunnier climes.
Where once there was space for the few notes present to reverberate and cut through the silence, there’re now handclaps and Balearic beats. No longer a comfort for the broken hearted, Talabot’s made Shelter an irresistible, sunkissed ode to spending summer nights on the dance floor.
