The xx

Settle down, lean in close and cock your ear because if you don’t, you won’t be able to catch a word of what the xx are telling you. The soft-spoken, black-clad foursome sit in London’s empty Institute of Contemporary Arts bar, utterly devoid of rock star swagger. There will be no grandiose statements of genius. Apparently no thought has been given to world domination and a future of excess, glitz and glamor seems unlikely. What these shy 19-year-old South Londoners seem the most excited about is unleashing their newly-wrapped, eponymous debut album out on XL offshoot Young Turks in July. (More …)