Electric Picnic 09 - The XX
Electric Arena, Saturday 5th September, 2.45pm
Believe the hype, don't believe the hype, but no matter what you do - you won't be able to avoid this band in the coming months. After just releasing their self-titled album, The XX played to packed out crowds at Reading and Leeds, and are soon to join Florence and the Machine on her UK-wide tour. The darlings of the mp3 blogs take to the Electric Arena stage at EP as if it's the last thing in the world they wanted to do. The crowd rightly responds in muted tones. It's part of their act I think. "Too cool for school" springs to mind as they slowly get the set going with the aptly titled 'Intro' Moving on to the dreamlike VCR, the vocals of Romy and Baria play off each other, almost teasingly. It's nice music, harmless but the coolness on stage translated into boredom in some parts of the crowd. They picked up somewhat for the single Basic Space and by the time they closed their short set with Night Time, they seemed to have found their feet and a bit of stage presence.
Describe in a tweet:ÌýToo cool for school, but cool enough for the EP crowd.
Good Vibrations:ÌýThe songÌý'Crystalised', easily their strongest strong and great to hear on a lovely big sound system.
Life's a beach:ÌýYawn, it dragged on a bit. A weak album translated into a bit of a weak set, except for the 'singles' on it.
EP rating: 5.4/10
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