~The XX~

THE XX

About the Band

The xx is a 3 piece English band that was formed in Wandsworth, London in 2005. They play indie pop music. The band currently consists of: 

• Romy Madley Croft on vocals and guitar 
• Oliver Sim on vocals and bass
• Jamie Smith on beats and MPC 

Discography

The xx has two studio albums. 

• xx (released in August 2009) 
• Coexist (released September 10, 2012) 

Personal Experience

I haven't seen seen the xx live, but I do listen to them fairly often. Now, I know I usually post about metal/hardcore/punk/pop punk ish music but I do listen to other music and I have been listening to the xx a lot today and decided that they should be who I blog about today. They're great to listen to when you're (trying to) be calm or are currently calm. I like all of their songs just like I do with pretty much every other band I listen to, but I could choose a few of my favorite songs. I haven't really listened to Coexist a lot, or well. Like I haven't paid attention to what i was listening to, it was just background music. So all of my favorite songs are off of 'xx'. 

•  "Do You Mind"
• "Intro" (sorry it's extended, it was the only version I could find)
• "Crystalised" (the school computer won't let me load it..?) 

*More Brand New*

So I know I usually do a new band every week but I have been listening to one of Brand New's album lately which is called "Deja Entendu" .  It was released in 2003, and I just never got around to listening to it until recently. For some reason I have just been listening to it constantly for the past week or so. All the lyrics and the way the album sounds to me is just great. So instead of showing you a new band this week I am going to write a bit more about Brand New and show you some of my favorite songs from Deja Entendu. If you haven't read my post about Brand New, here it is .

So as you may have seen, the album was released in 2003 from Triple Crown. This is what the cover looks like

The track list on Deja Entendu is like this

1. Tautou
2. Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades
3. I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light
4. Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Guns Don't
5. The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows 
6. The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot 
7. Jaws Theme Swimming
8. Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis 
9. Guernica
10. Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have to Do Is Die 
11. Play Crack The Sky  

I honestly love every song on this album and I really don't think I can choose one favorite song. So, I'll just link all the songs and you can listen to whichever ones you want. Now, Google decided to be stupid so I couldn't link The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot and Guernica. But you should definitely go look them up because those are both great songs.
I still really really reeallllly want to see Brand New live though.
But I figured I should share this album with you since this blog is to help people discover music.