Glastonbury show is here for anyone who didn't catch it on the bbc
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rw4wb
properly excellent.
― piscesx, Thursday, 21 September 2017 02:12 (six years ago) link
This album is settling in and really is one of my favorites of the year, despite feeling lukewarm-at-best about "On Hold" and "Say Something Loving".
― Marcus Hiles Remains Steadfast About Planting Trees.jpg (DJP), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:45 (six years ago) link
Their live show is pretty spot on right now; enjoy it if you go
― Evan R, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Yeah the album and your has turned out to be a real victory lap for them.
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 17:53 (six years ago) link
seeing them tomorrow. have very fond memories of seeing them w/ phantogram at the wiltern in 2010. I am very excited.
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
their live performance is what really sold me on the new songs, esp On Hold
― niels, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 05:48 (six years ago) link
Dear god perfume genius is amazing
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 28 September 2017 03:21 (six years ago) link
xp went into this thinking album 1 was still my favorite, but you are right - the new songs were excellent, maybe better, live.
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 28 September 2017 05:54 (six years ago) link
bit unfortunate that drunk person behind us sang awfully during the quiet moments of the show closing angels, then presumably got embarrassed, and so doubled down by moaning for the entire back half of the song.
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 28 September 2017 05:56 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZRnk971u4M&
― Number None, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
can't say i saw her going full on new order pastiche, but i'm not upset about it either. song's decent, i suppose.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
so-so. I love her voice but this isn't a particularly good vehicle for it.
― Gerneten-flüken cake (jed_), Tuesday, 29 September 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPqUcVbAbzw
oliver solo single, produced by jamie. it's not great
wonder if that romy solo album is ever going to turn up, let alone a new album from them as a band
― ufo, Friday, 11 March 2022 01:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah, this isn't amazing but I like it a lot more than her single from a couple years ago.
Was really hoping this revive would be news about a new record but oh well.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Friday, 11 March 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r4I6tz72Q4
this one's very good, feat. jimmy sommerville from bronski beat
― ufo, Monday, 23 May 2022 23:41 (one year ago) link
sim solo album out in september
Wow, that's beautiful.
― Bee OK, Monday, 23 May 2022 23:57 (one year ago) link
yeah, this is fairly epic. definitely unexpected and better than than the one from a while back.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
here's "fruit" from a bit ago, which i missed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6xflB8Vv60
it's alright.
― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link
wow so it's FIVE YEARS since their third?
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 24 May 2022 02:41 (one year ago) link
was 5 years between 2nd and 3rd but it doesn't sound like a 4th is on the way anytime soon
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 02:43 (one year ago) link
happy that oliver is getting this out. i recall being very excited about romy's album, which purportedly existed (i'm sure there was even a big guardian interview where she talked in detail about it) but we're approaching 2 years since she released "lifetime" and nothing else has materialised
― monotony, Tuesday, 24 May 2022 04:44 (one year ago) link
oliver's album is pretty forgettable unfortunately, "hideous" is the only real highlight. jamie's production is just not that good outside the constraints of the xx's sound
― ufo, Sunday, 11 September 2022 06:38 (one year ago) link
i checked & while romy did say that an album was planned for 2021 when "lifetime" was released, she also said it wasn't finished yet with a lot more work planned, so i guess she still hasn't finished it yet for whatever reason. there' s an interview from last year where she said she's been learning how to produce for herself.
― ufo, Sunday, 11 September 2022 07:22 (one year ago) link
Oliver Sim has cancelled his solo tour. While I don't love the album, a few songs have grown on me.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 04:15 (one year ago) link
I like "Never Here"
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 04:19 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aFF09jjZwk
another track from romy at last
― ufo, Monday, 14 November 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
I remember the Dazed cover story from ... 2020 when the album was supposed to come out lol. Almost as bad as Sky Ferreira
― groovemaaan, Monday, 14 November 2022 22:06 (one year ago) link
really enjoying Jamie's own stuff this year tbh including the remix of Sim's 'GMT'
― nashwan, Monday, 14 November 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
ideally romy's love of trance will make it into the next xx album
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link
good track would sound nice b2b "believe" by cher
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 23:27 (one year ago) link
'Hideous' reminds me a lot of La Force's 'Mama Papa' from a few years back - would expect xx types to be a fan of her (that track especially)
― nashwan, Monday, 28 November 2022 22:53 (one year ago) link
is this band over? I heard a song by them the other day and realized I'd kind of forgotten about them.
― akm, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
it looks like they have all pivoted to DJing instead.
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:52 (one year ago) link
Oliver put out a solo album mentioned above that was not dj'ing
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 04:34 (one year ago) link
Romy just sang live with Fred Again, and while Jamie XX is dj'ing -- he creating a recent Notting Hill Carnival track himself
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 04:41 (one year ago) link
romy is working on a very slowly gestating solo album, jamie has been putting out the occasional solo track too
figure they'll make another album in a few years once romy's released hers, they still seem to be all on good terms
― ufo, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 07:07 (one year ago) link
romy is onto something good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6gGG7u0dbE
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 8 June 2023 11:40 (ten months ago) link
The Romy album is out today and it's fantastic
― monotony, Friday, 8 September 2023 01:46 (seven months ago) link
it's quite good, makes me hope the eventual next xx album goes full deep house
― ufo, Friday, 8 September 2023 07:20 (seven months ago) link
Shazam’d a song and was pleased it was from this album.
― piscesx, Friday, 8 September 2023 10:20 (seven months ago) link
this is pretty solid
― k3vin k., Monday, 11 September 2023 22:06 (seven months ago) link
This is truly the year of retro '90s house
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:16 (seven months ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/arts/music/romy-madley-croft-mid-air.html
Growing up, she explained, the first music that spoke to her identity as a gay woman was mostly what she jokingly referred to as “lesbian acoustic music.” “I’ve always fought against that,” she said. “The reason there’s electronic music in the early demos of the xx is me, wanting to make something else.” She readily credits a new generation of rock and indie acts with broadening the scope of queer guitar music, but “indie, and rock, that’s not really my thing now.” She came to a firm decision: “I want to make dance pop.”...She mentioned Everything but the Girl — which Madley Croft’s parents raised her on — or even Cher’s “Believe,” which she cited as her favorite song. But rooting the anthemic big beats is inspiration taken from more sober moments in her life: processing the grief of both of her parents’ deaths before she was 21; her ongoing struggles to conquer self-doubt and adapt to a new romance.
“She makes very catchy melodies. That’s the thing that always gets me,” Jamie xx said in a phone interview. He noted that the album was filled with earnest tracks that “could become really big pop songs — and could be super cheesy — but there’s always a level of restraint and classiness that she brings to it.”...In early 2018, she was paired for a songwriting session with a young up-and-coming producer named Fred Gibson, a.k.a. the now white-hot musician Fred again.. The chemistry was immediate. “He has a very magical charm — which is amazing, as a songwriter and a producer — to make someone feel at ease,” she said.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
She mentioned Everything but the Girl — which Madley Croft’s parents raised her on
I always thought she had a very similar singing style to Tracey Thorne.
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 16:50 (seven months ago) link
I desperately want extended versions of Loveher and She's On My Mind. just gorgeous songs.
― Honkin’ on Cobo (jamescobo), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 21:40 (seven months ago) link
https://consequence.net/2024/01/the-xx-new-album-confirmed/?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 22:59 (three months ago) link
They should add more members to the band so that they can also do solo albums first.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Tuesday, 2 January 2024 23:44 (three months ago) link