Releases
Calendar
September 2009
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Dominos
The Big Pink
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xx
The XX
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East of Eden
Taken By Trees
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Friendly Fires (Expanded Edition)
Friendly Fires
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Antillas
El Guincho
August 2009
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Love (Expanded Edition)
The Cult
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Bird-Brains
tUnE-yArDs
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Everything Is New
Jack Penate
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BiRd-BrAiNs
tUnE-yArDs
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True Romance
Golden Silvers
July 2009
xx by The XX
Released: Sep 08 2009
The xx arrive with their debut album xx - a whole new sound of love, loss and longing. Their unique make-up is an inadvertent second nature marriage of 2009’s urban/guitar tribes, in one corner fluttering new wave indebted reverberation, in the other, plumes of post-dubstep sub-bass and figuratively, their defining core of rich R&B vocal textures. If It all reads on paper like some potentially post-modern hotchpotch, then this makes their timeless results all the more alluring. The enveloping vocal partnership of Romy and Oliver is one that would’ve dropped-jaws in any decade this century, and set amidst a shivering soundscape of beats and plucks, their bedroom-reared concrete-soul is being justly heralded as the UK’s most original and treasured alt. pop artifact of late.
In an effort not to draw too much distance from the DIY aesthetic of their early demos, which were recorded in their bedrooms, they recorded their debut album xx under no one’s watch, other than engineer Rodaidh McDonald, at XL Recordings’ west London in-house studio. The result a wash of sexy, coy, cold and sad rhythms and melodies the likes of Robert Smith, Massive Attack and The Streets.
Customer Reviews
Wow! - 
For novices, The xx really know how to make a well-rounded album. Soothing, melodic, and fun!
Andy Colville, 2009-08-23
amazing -
best new band. can't wait to see them at mercury lounge before they get to bigger stages
ian kennedy, 2009-08-30
The XX -
The XX = SEX
Bruce Alcantara, 2009-09-05
Simple yet Brilliant -
When I first heard all the hype through various music blogs about this band I wasn't sure if they could live up to it. But the album is easily one of the best albums this year. Give the xx a try. You will not be disappointed.
Charles Payne, 2009-09-09
The XX - Debut Album - 
Great album reminiscent of the 80's. I'm sure one of there songs will eventually end up on an Indie soundtrack. Sounds great on vinyl!
Tamara Kapelewski, 2009-09-24
Moody and haunting -
AT first listen, I like the groove that they are laying down. It is very sparse and melodic, with guitars that are haunting and emotive. I think it'll be a create atmosphere record, like for those days I want to keep the blinds closed and let just the light from a beautiful day filter through. Isolated, but not depressed.
Adrian Zettlemoyer, 2009-08-19