Blog: Muso's Guide

The XX - Co-Exist By Greg Salter In an era when young bands’ debut albums are often previewed and hyped excessively for months, even years, The XX ’s first album emerged with relatively little fanfare back in 2009 and promptly floored just about everyone who heard it. The unique combination that brought the band success is now so familiar that it hardly bears repeating – the interplay between the vocals of Oliver Sim and Romy Madley-Croft, the R&B-derived melodies, Jamie Smith’s focused distillation of dance music textures, and, more [...]