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London, summer, 2009: The xx arrive with their debut album ‘xx’ – a whole newsound of love, loss and longing. The xx are four kids who formed at London’s ElliotSchool in 2005, the south west comprehensive that produced the likes of dubstepenigma Burial, Hot Chip, and Fourtet's Kieren Hebden: But alone The xx stand,not only in the singularity of their influences and sound, but in the universalresonance of their music.Gingerly dodging the storm cloud of hype hysteria that plagues seemingly every othernew buzz act of the moment, Romy Madley Croft (lead vocals, guitar), Oliver Sim(lead vocals, bass), Baria Qureshi (keyboards, guitar) and Jamie Smith (beats,samples) are edging into our hearts. Their unique make-up is a second naturemarriage of 2009’s urban / guitar tribes, in one corner fluttering new waveinspired reverberation, in the other, plumes of textured, post-dubstep subbassand figuratively, their defining core of rich R&B vocal textures.Their debut album ‘xx’ is released on XL Recording’s bleeding edge Young Turksimprint (Holy Fuck, Gang Gang Dance, El Guincho). Eschewing big nameproducers and studios, ‘xx’ sees Jamie continuing in the producer role he’s assertedsince The xx’s conception, tweaking and refining the band’s beautifully crafted songsinto a debut record that’s utterly contemporary and undeniably timeless.Having recently toured with The Big Pink and Micachu & The Shapes, The xx willplay a handful of highly anticipated shows throughout the summer.“Perfect… Melancholic pop at its tip top” – i-D; “ConfoundinglyTracklisting:Intro * VCR * Crystalised * Islands *Heart Skipped A Beat * Fantasy * Shelter *Basic Space * Infinity * Night Time * Stars Show more