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London, United Kingdom (2004 – present)

XX Teens (formerly the Xerox Teens) formed in 2004 and are 5 young men from London.They released their debut album Welcome To Goon Island in July 2008. It was produced by Sheffield’s Ross Orton (M.I.A., Fat Truckers, Bromheads Jacket) and was released through Mute.

Previously labelled absurd, eccentric, political, experimental, it sometimes seems people find it rather hard to get a handle on the XX Teens, yet their plan is simple. Born from the great British art school tradition their approach is to create the most interesting & expansive music possible with the limited tools they have available; an aesthetic that seeps into everything they do from videos to photos to extra curricular activities such as training dogs to dance. Yet such apparent frippery shouldn’t disguise the fact that they are able to pen rather fine songs, as Welcome To Goon Island attests.

Previous singles such as Onkawara, Darlin’ and How To Reduce The Chances Of Being A Terror Victim have already seen them bag single of the week slots in NME, praise from the likes of Zane on Radio1, Marc riley on 6 Music, front covers of Artrocker and a slot in the NME’s tracks of 2007 list. And with Welcome To Goon Island, XX teens look set to bring a bit of depth & technicolour joy into the sometime hegemonic drabness of the current musical landscape. Amen.

The band’s current line-up is as follows:

Rich Cash
Antony Silvester
William Morrow
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  • grunge1ofil

    Superb!

    February 2012
  • Pee_hole

    для поднятия утреннего настроения отлично вообще! wohooo c:

    November 2011
  • AlexanderShough

    love/loved(been quiet so long i assume they've dissipated) xerox teens, everytime i saw them they had a different line up.

    August 2011
  • stuntypig

    Proper, proper good!

    August 2011
  • cbnplay

    !!! cool band !!!

    July 2011
  • 182

    so what happened to them?? any chance of a ... comeback? ... i mean... 2008 geeeez

    May 2011
  • lolipot

    LOVE IT AAAAAAHHHHHHH

    November 2010
  • fashionguerilla

    i think i like The XX better ?

    May 2010
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