The XX

Getting X'ed from XX, that's quite funny. There is a reason why there are only two X in XX, don't you think?

The XX and OOIOO should play together. I would buy the poster.

Ideally a cover of XXXO.

The XX and OOIOO present Elliott Smith's XO at the OX in Philly

o_0

HI DERE otm. the negative space, the spaciousness. love how huge the drums / handclaps sound on the intro track, for example.

I mean, I would pick this 100/100 over sleigh bells.

me 2

when i initially heard the album i appreciated these guys for their simple, elegant and subtly involving music, but the hype has just been a bit silly and contorting. that said, i can definitely see why they have a fairly broad appeal. once the early birds had their fill, there was something in there for coffee shop owners and dinner part aficionados alike.

coooooooooold

dang

dirty partY aficionados.

haha yeah cold maybe. but i still like them, so it's kind of an arms-length cold.

dirty party??? what's going on with me?

feel ashamed for playing them at my latest dinner party held in a coffee shop that I own : (

a dirty party is probably the only situation where playing this music is remotely acceptable IMO

hahah

and maybe i'm just bitter cuz i never get invited to those kind of exclusive dinner parties (x-post)

this is the only album ever where i've experienced the dinner party cliche in actual reality

r1o is your dn a reference to a spicy chinese paste

haha yeah i'm kinda addicted

I served some at the aforementioned dinner party...I'll invite you next time

I tried listening to them once but I didn't get it and I didn't hear the supposed "r&b influence"... even their Aaliyah cover was totally lifeless... I'd definitely pick sleigh bells over them

I should probably try listening again tho it usually takes me a while with this sort of stuff

throw a dinner party man, you'll get it immediately

I mean, I would pick this 100/100 over sleigh bells.

I cannot cosign this enough.

i'm in the same boat. i don't like the Sleigh Bells at all, heard that album twice and that was all.

how the hell are you guys even comparing the two? one is an apple, the other a loud orange.

it's sort of an arbitrary comparison, but still

lol "the Sleigh Bells"

if neither band had been written about on this site & the rest of internet to the extent that they have been there would be no grounds for comparison, but this is the world that were are living in spinspin sugah & u are going to have to deal with it

i guess i like xx better than treats. me and my roommate were whistling the 'you don't know ba da ba da ba na na na' melody the other day & trying to figure out what it was

wait what?

yknow one of those melodies on the sleigh bells album

point is that album contains at the very least one (1) catchy melody

no i'm talking about your first graph

oh, i think the comparison is more ito acclaimed new bands of similar magnitude w/ arguably some rn'b influence blowin up and being divisive on ilx/internet, rather than that they sound really similar

well i think the point is all of those things but they DON'T sound similar -- it's minimalism & space vs maximalism & trebly noise right?

i guess--it's a dreadful, superficial comparison and i don't know why we just need to accept it

i don't think it's dreadful when all people are saying is "that band everyone was going nuts over & saying similar things about last year was way better imo." like that is the extent of the comparison going on right

I was going more for jordan's thing i.e. they occupy two opposites of the sonic spectrum. and also they have both received a fair amount of 'indie buzz'. I find it useful to articulate my disgust w/ sleigh bells by saying "I'd rather listen to the XX" instead but obv. it may only work for me

which reminds me, how much the xx remind me of the Smashing Pumpkins album Adore.

Adore was awful and had the worst lyrics, though.

ur wrong. lots of greatness; Ava Adore (despite unfortunate opening couplet), Blank Page, the run from Tear to Shame. But mostly I'm talking about the New Order/Cure steez-copping both albums are guilty of.

that band everyone was going nuts over & saying similar things about last year was way better imo."

but what were these similar things being said?

the buzz surrounding Sleigh Bells died down months ago

they play XX on the "alternative" radio station around here, so they're definitely getting bigger

they're one of the few "big name" indie acts that people who generally dislike indie enjoy

loooool @ calling XX "big name" though

lol @ u autolooooling

i wonder if they get sick of playing the same couple songs every night

sleeping on the big pile of money being an indie buzz band brings probably helps keeping them from getting sick

im ill, not sick

*deal with it*

fads and phrases and annoying things we are sick of 2009

so no genre's anymore, we're just judging things based on levels of "buzz"?