The XX

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"?

spinspin sugah not really generating any 'buzz' itt

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

see 1987 for reference

I was 3, but I see your point.

depending on the month I either was or was not born!!!

shroedinger's kid

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Yo, dayo. I haven't been on this site as long as I have because I need congrats from electronic strangers. I just come for the tips 'n' leads.

...um, i come for congrats from electronic strangers. :(

Congrats!

jamie's solo single is really good

http://pitchfork.com/news/40241-listen-debut-solo-track-from-the-xxs-jamie-smith/

yeah i dig this - great loop

seriously, this is great

it's like... dubstep + the flair of hercules & love affair

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

I was at a private beach bar thingy in Nice a few weeks ago and they played this and Sade's greatest hits on rotation several times, it worked perfectly. The background music cliche works because it actually does make for great background music.

If we're gonna play "compare to other feted indie stuff" I'd probably talk about Gayngs and How To Dress Well rather than Sleigh Bells - the former two actually sounding like how The XX press releases et. al. read.

still havent heard how to dress well!

dont know if that really needed an exclamation mark

Had the brief opportunity to interact with Romy from XX; still unsure of the gender of Romy from XX

that's not very nice

solo single sounds like something oneman would play. its okay i suppose. reminds me of hot chips production for kano recently - a tiny bit anemic.

do like the xx album, mainly musically though as i find their vocals a bit lacking in gravitas. they sound a bit too young.