Every so often, an album comes along that speaks to you in a way only the most intimate of lovers knows how. With every note, every beat, every lyric, you feel you’ve been engulfed by some higher being.
The xx is nothing more than a simple London four piece. They might have been educated in the same hallowed halls that spawned luminaries such as Burial, Hot Chip and Four Tet, but with this intricate debut they’ve discovered among themselves a formula that is as comforting, wholesome and pure as it is fresh, fragile and free. For me, the only problem is that it doesn’t go for long enough.
What to listen out for.
Shelter, Basic Space, Night Time
When to listen to it.
Whenever you get the chance, but maybe at 4am with plenty of candles and a group of close friends setting the world to rights
Will we hear them again?
They’ve entered a difficult place – a lot of people adore them early in their career. You almost wish they had a few failures before they landed this big one.
They've backed up their debut with a remix of You've Got the Love by fellow Londoner Florence and the Machine. While popular, I think it smacks of a band in danger of losing their originality to this city's love of compered club nights and faux dub step. I think they need to stay true to what's pure to them. To be here in a year, The xx need to reproduce the passion that engulfed them in recording this album. They simply need to love the music again as much as they loved these 11 tracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI
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