Keep Moving is a deeply vulnerable studio album that was released in April 2025. The sounds are influenced by Krautrock, jazz, and rock, and the lyrics explore powerful themes of grief, death, family violence, and love. Featuring Justin Olsson (drums), and engineered/mixed by Cristian Barbieri, Keep Moving blends bold rhythms and layered soundscapes to create a work that is versatile and thought-provoking. The album reflects Xani’s ongoing exploration of what can be expressed through modern, post-genre songwriting that merges virtuosic musicianship, shredding violin solos, and the craft of storytelling.
Keep Moving was nominated for The Australian Music Prize.
“As the title would suggest, Xani’s “Keep Moving” is a frenetic, energetic work of mastery that dances the knife edge between melodic and dissonant. She’s a veritable virtuoso and on this album she’s a Krautrock nodding, violin wielding hybrid of The Dirty Three and Kylie Minogue/Manic Street Preacher’s “Impossible Princess”. Excellence at every moment. One of the country’s most interesting and important artists of the last 20 years has delivered one of the best albums I have EVER heard. Cool as f*ck. NOW THIS is music and THIS is how you make an album.” (Abbe May, The Australian Music Prize)