The xx – XX steel band but the album itself proved

but the album itself proved to one of their most consistent efforts in years

It’s not only packed with the judiciously selected nuggets for which his mixes are noted but also stuffed with original material

now well known as the ‘desert blues’

Recorded by Takaakira `Taka' Goto at his home studio in Japan (with drums recorded by Amak Golden at Golden Hive Studio in Prague) - and mixed by Rafael Anton Irisarri and Jeremy deVine at Black Knoll Studio in New York - Heaven Vol

Bria’s voice – described as wavering between “sultry and howitzer” – shines on “Fruits Of My Labour

The xx – XX steel band but the album itself provedLP XL Recordings (2009) The xx arrive with their debut album XX, a whole new sound of love, loss, and longing. The xx are a London quartet, featuring the dual lead vocals of Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim (who also play lead guitar and bass guitar), Baria Qureshi (keyboards and guitar), and Jamie Smith (beats, MPC sampler). The four twenty somethings are childhood friends who formed The xx while attending southwest Londons Elliot School, an academy