the xx

[iblamesummers]

anybody into this band. i just found out about them. i saw a video on youtube where it's like two guitars, a bass & someone playing drums on an MPC drum-pad. i am pretty much a sucker/slut-piece for bands like teh Cocteau Twins (or JAMC...) that jettison drums for drum-machines. or use synth bass instead of a traditional bassist. just any little deviation like that.

anyway. discuss...

[Chumley]

Well, I have no doubt I'd love them if I could, but me and my band is currently in pitched war against the Hipsters, and they've claimed The xx as theirs. At least we still have LCD Soundsystem...

[sev]

I like them. They're not incredible. But, I like them.

[iblamesummers]

i didn't knmow that they were a "hipster" band. if that were teh case you'd think i would've heard of them sooner?

i agree w/ sev. not mindblowing. but at this point anything that sounds half-way decent to me or doesn't sound like an abject cliche, gets me interested...

[bobloblah]

that's what so shocking about them
they're not really mind blowning
and yet i can't stop talking about them
mostly about how non mind blowing they are but, how i still really like them alot

[oinkbanana]

that's what so shocking about them
they're not really mind blowning
and yet i can't stop talking about them
mostly about how non mind blowing they are but, how i still really like them alot

thats such an odd yet completely accurate description of them
i hope they have lasting power.

[hasblueshoes]

It doesn't have to be mind blowing, but anything memorable? or that stands out? I have heard this band a few times but don't really remember it. If there's any particular tracks to check out I would give it another chance.

[bobloblah]

look up the video iblamesummers is talking about (crystlizsed?)
it's utterly hypnotizing

[jrmy]

Here 'tis:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI[/youtube]

I like their overall low-keyness. Not everything I listen to has to be mind-blowing. Well-put together and just plain good works just fine. There's a mumbly sexiness about the two vocalists that I find really appealing.

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

that was pretty cool. i dig. warms my heart to see peeps rockin an mpc.

[Wizard]

i get down with the xx. this girl i'm hangin out with listens to them constantly. i love chilled out jams so they definitely work, reminds me of early stars records.

[archlilim]

Yeah really liked the album.

[sev]

Here's them performing live.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqIcF2hpHWY[/youtube]

[ZombieTramp]

I feel like the only person who dosn't like this band
I got the album and was like "Is this it?" sounds like they're all still learning there instruments or something imo.
I wish i liked them so i could be cool.

[iblamesummers]

I feel like the only person who dosn't like this band
I got the album and was like "Is this it?" sounds like they're all still learning there instruments or something imo.
I wish i liked them so i could be cool.

it's cool you don't like it. i tend to be drawn to more understated stuff anyway. i don't need to be blown away. i don't need instant gratification. i like to to be challenged.