XUK's second album is a solo venture of singer/songwriter Simon Holden. It signals a departure from the band's original blend of 70’s classic rock and symphonic styles to a harder-edged, textural landscape populated with soaring guitars, keyboards, pounding drums.

“U” explores relationship themes that hark back to the band’s debut album with the songs “Tomorrow/Today”, “Café Lyon” and “Forest of Dreams” but also explores the individual’s role in today’s polarized world with  songs like “Weird People”, “The Show” and the title track “U”.