Album Rating: 3.0
gonna let this album sit for a while and look back in october sometime. wouldn't be surprised if it grew on me a bit but compared to how much i was moved by the debut, i can't see it getting that much better
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Album Rating: 3.0
even though this was a let down i'm still considering seeing them tomorrow night. should be a good show, right? plus I'm still gutted about missing them at Sasquatch 2010.
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Album Rating: 3.5
they seem great live
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Album Rating: 3.5
The setlist they played at Bestival was heavy on material from xx. You might even find that the new material clicks when you hear it live. Win win situation really.
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Album Rating: 3.0
yeah that's what I'm thinking. I love the song "Angels" and they'll obviously play that. plus, gotta see "Intro" and "VCR" live.
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Album Rating: 3.0
sweet - i'm seeing them in october and that's pretty much exactly what i wanted to hear
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these guys always sucked ass
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Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off
James Blake dwells in the same sonic area, but I don't think the two bands are easily comparable, sure aspects are, but as an original entity, not really.
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Album Rating: 3.0
xx created an amazing and unique sound in 2009. the only qualm with that album that i have is that it all started sounding a bit similar, but because it was so unique, so intimate and so awesome it didn't matter.
here, the sound is neither unique nor intimate imo =/
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Album Rating: 1.5
instead it's shit.
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Album Rating: 4.0
might have to bump this up to a 4.5. also come to the realization that Swept Away is the best individual track they've ever released. granted, this is hardly an album where individual tracks matter, but still. >dem drum crashes
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Album Rating: 3.5
Tides is my fave of this album
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Album Rating: 3.0
come to the realization that Swept Away is the best individual track they've ever released
it's been a week. have you now come to the realization that this just isn't true?
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Album Rating: 4.0
ahhh nope. i fail to see how it isn't.
>dat perfect pacing
>dat groove
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Album Rating: 3.0
that repitition. that apathy. that beat that once again doesn't fit.
it's ok though - maybe you'll pass the next test i give you
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Album Rating: 4.0
that repitition.
it's no less repetitious than anything on either of their albums.
that apathy.
ap·a·thy
[ap-uh-thee] Show IPA
noun, plural ap·a·thies.
1.
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
if you were expecting "excitement" when listening to the xx, i think you may be listening to the wrong band.
that beat that once again doesn't fit.
i fail to see how. hell, the beat MAKES that song. the beats overall define this album.
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Album Rating: 3.0
first album had soooo many passionate back and forths. i really missed them on this one.
also, jamie's beat, while quite nice, doesn't fit well with oliver's voice. throughout this lp, he showcases his own talents (and he
is a very talented musician), but he is doing so at the expense of what's right for the band. the xx should not have gone in a
direction where the beat, and not the singers, defines the album.
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Album Rating: 4.0
for the record, i never listened to the xx for the emotion. i listened for the atmosphere, although emotionally this definitely resonates with me much more than the first album.
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shit
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Album Rating: 3.5
yeah the singers are kinda bad
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