why aren't we talking about the xx?

[shai faithe]

i listened to this album again last night for the umpteenth time.  each listen brings to the fore something i hadn't yet noticed: timing, subtle shifts in the bass, frequency interplays, whatever.  i think this is an incredible incredible work.  why has no one brought it up?

[ellaguru]

I think we talked about them briefly somewhere. I like them, although I haven't listened a bazillion times or anything.

[Nick Ink]

Ellaguru talked to me about them, and then I listened to them and talked to him about them a bit more. It's a good album. Strangely seems to make a virtue of its own insubstantiality.

[shai faithe]

i think that's one of the aspects i so admire.  it's so muted.  the writing isn't particularly stunning, yet it remains indelible. there are three instruments (maybe two?) that play incredibly spare arrangements, managing still to convey a sense of resignation and a certain darkness.  these two things combined make for some magnificently understated work.

[milly balgeary]

i like about 4-5 songs but some of it isn't the best.