Blog: I Rock Cleveland

The XX Coexist Beggars/XL The XX's first album, a 2009 self-titled affair, became the indie make-out album of the decade in large part due to its hushed, minimal approach to modern R&B which utilized clean guitar lines, slinky synths and whispered vocals traded between the boy-girl duo of Romy Madley-Croft and Jamie Smith. 20122s follow-up, Coexist, will likely end up being the indie make-out album of 2012 for the very same reasons. So, if The XX's first album got you 35 minutes of making out, then there's no reason not to [...]