The xx - xxThe XX are four precocious youngsters from South West London who provide the hushed minimal strokes of Young Marble Giants and early Cure but through the minds of a young act obsessed with the r&b turns of Ciara and Aaliyah, having gone so far as to cover the latter's Hot like fire as the b side for their first single, Crystalised and having first been picked up after recording a sensational version of Womack and Womack's Teardrops. Having signed to

“Listen closely and marvel

and Jimmy Page on guitar

The album came together slowly over the course of three years while Jupp collaborated on various side projects and was finally completed a few days before the global lockdown commenced

Erickson was struggling to survive on a $200 monthly Social Security stipend

who worked at Toho Studios under the legendary Fumio Hayasaka

A sophisticated mix of Disco Funk

Several songs are instrumental

‰ÛÏThey were all done for different reasons

the Bush Tetras ruled New York nightclubs in the early ‘80s

Close your eyes

and tense up

Flaherty's 'Man Of Aran' (1934)