The XX

MySpace URL:
http://www.myspace.com/thexx

Label: None

The XX are a pop group with a disco edge. I suppose modern parlance would place within the bracket of ‘New Wave’. Whatever pigeon-hole you choose, they have a deeply moving sense of rhythm and timing that maximises the despondency of their laid back lyrics and smooth vocals (as can be heard in their brilliant cover version of Womack & Womack’s 1988 hit ‘Teardrops’).

Listen to: Blood Red Moon, Teardrops, VCR

Sounds Like: Hard to say, but here’s a vague attempt: the instrumentals of Bran Van 3000’s ‘Drinking in LA’ with vocals in the region of Feist and Damien Rice

~ by thebitterpilluk on April 26, 2008.