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 (eleven months ago) link
The Romy album is out today and it's fantastic
― monotony, Friday, 8 September 2023 01:46 (eight 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 (eight months ago) link
Shazam’d a song and was pleased it was from this album.
― piscesx, Friday, 8 September 2023 10:20 (eight 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 (four 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 (four months ago) link