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London, England (2005 – present)

Formed in 2005, The xx are an alternative trio formed in London, England, featuring the dual lead vocals of Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim (who also play lead guitar and bass guitar respectively), and Jamie Smith (beats, MPC sampler). Rounding out the group was keyboardist Baria Qureshi.

Bonding over a shared love of dark, emotive 80s guitar sounds and the high-end sheen of American R&B, The xx’s unique sound befits a band whose wide range of influences combine via beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a brilliantly inventive use of samples and low-end frequencies to produce stark, sweet melancholic pop.

The band released its debut album, xx, on August 2009. The album has won critical acclaim and has been generally well received, scoring an average of 84 based on 20 professional reviews. The album has spawned three singles, the first two; Crystalised and Basic Space both have music videos featuring the band, the third single from the album, Islands, was released in October 2009.

On November 11 2009, it was confirmed that keyboardist Baria Qureshi left the band after missing several scheduled shows, citing exhaustion. The band stated that she will not be replaced, and that they will continue as a three-piece.

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1	Crystalised	15,334
2	Islands	13,624
3	Heart Skipped A Beat	12,408
4	VCR	12,358
5	Intro	11,560
6	Basic Space	11,135
7	Shelter	10,511
8	Fantasy	10,343
9	Infinity	9,649
10	Night Time	9,173
11	Stars	8,902
12	Teardrops	1,229
13	Do You Mind	1,038
14	Hot Like Fire	964
15	Do You Mind?	743

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marzuki1 wrote:
10 hours ago

4,000,000 plays? jesus

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DayGlowwed wrote:
10 hours ago

so happy to see another Minneapolis show was added, especially since tonight's was sold out. I think I'd rather see xx with jj than Friendly Fires anyway. better band name combination at least.

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VanessaAndreia wrote:
11 hours ago

Teardrops <3

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cold0sk wrote:
yesterday evening

nice .

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Albert_Transom wrote:
yesterday evening

why would that girl quit here comes the money

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Homar30 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

You got that right!

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gva1116 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Without a doubt my most important musical discovery of the year.

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marcel_89 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Their debut album is addictive <3. For me, it's one of the best debuts in 2009 :).

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neizvestniy wrote:
yesterday afternoon

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/The+xx/+images/38380283

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jluna79 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

/me loves! :D

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morym wrote:
yesterday morning

am i the only one who thinks that oliver kinda sounds like the guy from the fray?

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nekogai555 wrote:
yesterday morning

decent stuff. definitely worth the listen.

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Chocapics wrote:
Sunday evening

what's the fucking model of the drum pad they use?

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muffinmaxel wrote:
Sunday evening

some songs remind me of the whitest boys alive...but...brilliant !

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Koszmonaut wrote:
Sunday evening

Also, if this is similar to La Roux then it might as well be similar to Kanye West. I hope that bitch goes soon.

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Koszmonaut wrote:
Sunday evening

Why the hell is this tagged as dance? [2] Wtf, that's true. Shit tags.

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Craigsly wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Hello Interpol circa 2002, I'd like you to meet your replacements...we hired a girl singer now too.

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alexreer wrote:
Sunday afternoon

geeez i even started to have dreams about seeing them live (how come they became slowly my obsession?)

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I_Ashley_I wrote:
Sunday afternoon

so good!

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reeeezy wrote:
Sunday morning

I can't believe I'm just now listening to them... so fucking good

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