“The xx came on to the scene like a spider monkey and slapped us all in the face with their melodic shoegaze vibration. The threesome hails from West London and are the new cool …”
xx is the first studio album by English indie rock band The xx. Produced by the group themselves, it was originally released by Young Turks Records on August 17, 2009 in the United Kingdom and was released on October 20 in North America. The album was recorded at XL studios West London between December 2008 and April 2009.