I'm not one for hype really, it seems to have the opposite effect on me. But even I couldn't ignore the hype surrounding The xx any longer. "same school as burial, Four Tet and Hot Chip"; "combines sensibilities of american R&B and British eighties alternative music"; "Yadda, Yadda, Yadda". Determined to hate them, I gave them a listen.
Wow.
Somewhat surprisingly, given the reviews I have read, the most immediate thing that hit me was the way the rhythm guitar works on their tracks, kind of slow and repetitive not indifferent to Interpol.
Then there is the way the Male and Female vocalists interchange their lines and melodies. check the final verse of Crystalised for a case in point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI
so yeah, this review has turned a bit shit. Still check them out, lovely.
I'm away for a week so see you same time next week dearies
xxx
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