“Hype can be scary.” Oliver tells us, “I know I’ve reacted badly to it when it’s happened to other bands in the past. If I feel a band has been forced on me in any way I kind of don’t want to listen to them, just to prove I can think for myself.” 

It’s a familiar phenomena, band’s being disregarded purely because they’re ‘the next big thing.’ But this reaction is something that Oliver, and his band The xx are going to have to get used to quick. Only recently they were virtually unknown (and subsequently very cool) and now they are receiving rave reviews for the eponymous new album and are embarking on a world tour. If they are relying on their underground kudos, they’re not going to have much left when they get back home. Hopefully they are going to prove to the world they have more to offer.

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(Source: titlemagazine.net)