The xx, xx.
Released Aug 17 2009 on Young Turks.
With their melancholic, anti-corporate, eponymous album title, it is a wonder that this album even broke into mainstream market. Or the British top 10 for that matter, with its seemingly increasing volume of mainstream dross. However, emerging from Elliott School in Putney, it is no surprise that they follow the pedigree of Kieran Hebden from popular band Four Tet. The cold shoulder that we receive on first listen is just a slight glossing of the music and persona that we feel emanating throughout the tightly coiled riffs and soft lyricism of the first attempt from The xx. With Intro setting our mind to disappoint, we are pleasantly surprised as it softly leads into the playful vocal interplay of VCR from Romy Madely Croft and Oliver Sim. The deep beats of Islands slip into the identity defining album. As their dark direction of this album promises that this arcane album will firmly grasp our minds forever, we know that the stylistic surface will be a force to be reckoned with in the Mercury Prize.
Download; VCR, Islands, Heart Skipped a Beat.
Video: Crystalised by The xx.
Released Aug 17 2009 on Young Turks.
With their melancholic, anti-corporate, eponymous album title, it is a wonder that this album even broke into mainstream market. Or the British top 10 for that matter, with its seemingly increasing volume of mainstream dross. However, emerging from Elliott School in Putney, it is no surprise that they follow the pedigree of Kieran Hebden from popular band Four Tet. The cold shoulder that we receive on first listen is just a slight glossing of the music and persona that we feel emanating throughout the tightly coiled riffs and soft lyricism of the first attempt from The xx. With Intro setting our mind to disappoint, we are pleasantly surprised as it softly leads into the playful vocal interplay of VCR from Romy Madely Croft and Oliver Sim. The deep beats of Islands slip into the identity defining album. As their dark direction of this album promises that this arcane album will firmly grasp our minds forever, we know that the stylistic surface will be a force to be reckoned with in the Mercury Prize.
Download; VCR, Islands, Heart Skipped a Beat.
Video: Crystalised by The xx.
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