Blog: Consequence Of Sound

“Let it unfold.” The xx are nothing if not patient, taking years to write songs that demand repeated listens. On “Unfold”, one of the few tracks on Coexist nearly devoid of Jamie xx’s distantly recognizable thump, Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sims tell a putative lover/each other/us to wait for it. “Out of sight, out of mind/ Doesn’t mean you’re not mine/ The feeling goes on and on and on.” It’s been three years since The xx first wrapped us around their little finger, seducing us with XX ’ s sinister, sexy minimalism and [...]