The xx
The xx are an English indie-pop quartet from South London. The band is made up of four 20 year-old mates who met while in school. Romy Madley Croft is on guitar and vocals, Oliver Sim is on vocals and bass, Baria Qureshi on guitar, and Jamie Smith on drum machine. Yes, drum machine not a drum set. This band does things they way they want to do them. Like, they produced the whole album by themselves. Croft and Sim share the responsibility of lead singer as they twist and tie their words together. They look like a bunch of emo kids that you would see hanging out behind the Quickie Mart, smoking cigerettes instead of being in school. However, they are hugely influenced by R&B and do a great cover of Aalyiah's "Hot Like Fire". The most obvious and ever-present theme in their music is sex. Almost ever line on the album has something to do with sex, but in a pretty tasteful way. The xx are gaining so much respect overseas and their debut album, xx, arrives in the states soon. This album is amazing and is, at least to me, competing to for top album of 2009.
Songs to Check Out:
- Crystalized
- Islands
- Basic Space
- Heart Skips A Beat
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