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http://www.myspace.com/thexx

the xx-
these hypnotic south londoners have been whispering in my ear ever since the start of the year and have so far guided me safely from the romantic breakdowns of january to the shitty rainy haven of july. but i would definately not be here, and not in this (given imperfect but-) pleasently alright state, without their irresistable power. rarer to find than an actual warm chicken bake from greggs on a cold summers day is to find is a band that sparks an instant connection on such a personal level that they actually affect the way you think about your life and the decisions you make that day. which is percisely what ive found with this band. theres something almost numbing about their music, a peacful numbing like. maybe the xx could be dope for the skint generation.

they immediately grabbed themselves the 4 'top played' spaces on my new laptop's itunes. come valentines, they were still holding pole positions, more than 20 plays above the mae shi, kotki dwa and moldy peaches who straggled behind.

same story for st georges day. and then it was my birthday, through which i found myself coaxed, transfixed by their delicate sound. for me this delicacy feels like the raw product of a fiery rage, the origin - a deeply personal angst, that is wielded and directed, moulded and compressed, swirled through a ricketty, magical d.i.y music factory with webs of steaming copper pipes and little umpa-lumpas in cocorosie tshirts, before trickling out of the otherside in the form of balearic sonic heaven.

this is easily the most exciting bunch of mp3 demos ive listened to since jamie t's pre release mixtapes/early album leakage.
headrush at the fact im seeing both in the next few months!



crystalised, the xx
on young turks
debut album out soon
a good mate of mine thinks the singer would look like eminem if he was bald?
hes oddly handsome though. (rather unlike eminzemz)