Being as in love with you as I am

Good morning Manila! Check out this awwwww-inducing new track from The xx.I thought there's nothing special about this song when I first heard it last night. But I woke up today humming to it and singing the line being as in love with you as I am like hundred times. It's that infectious. Angels is part of their sophomore album Coexist out this September.

MUST LISTEN: Open Eyes (Demo) by The xx

The xx can do no wrong even their demo sounds so good! I cant wait for the new album next year! For now, we can enjoy this demo of Open Eyes!

 

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MUST LISTEN: Night Time (the xx cover) by Everything But the Girl

Oh please!! Stop covering The xx already! We've heard enough and even the xx is tired from covering their own songs! I just wish this will be the last cover song we'll hear because it's so good, I wanna hear another one at least from Everything But The Girl! haha doesnt make any sense at all. ;) Everything But The Girl is back after the split up in 2000 and covering The xx is a good way to position them in a more younger audience. Are we expecting a new EBTG album soon? Not sure yet but there's a Tracey Thorn EP in the works which will include covers of Vampire Weekend and Sufjan Stevens. Covers again?!

 

Speaking of The xx covers, here's another good one. It's by The Antlers and they chose VCR. I must say, this cover is one of the best ones I've heard.

MUST LISTEN: Crystalized(The xx cover) by Gorillaz or Blur?

I like it how the guest band/artist on the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge do cover songs and how they make it their own. The recent guest was the virtual superstars Gorillaz and they performed stripped-down versions of On Melancholy Hill and their new single Doncamatic. They also did a fantastic cover of The xx's Crystalized which sounded like Damon Albarn forgot that he's not singing for Blur coz it doesnt sound like Gorillaz at all.You can watch the whole performance below.


Crystalised (the xx cover)
 

On Melancholy Hill
  Doncamatic

MUST LISTEN: Islands by The XX

Modern influences of R&B is evident in a lot of songs that we listen to. It may be obviously heard in pop songs or surprisingly in some indie faves that only those with keen ears can distinguish. Pitchfork describe The XX's sound as "Strongly influenced by modern R&B." I am no expert and I thank blogs like Pitchfork for informing those stupid people, like moi, with this kind of stuff. coz by just plainly listening to the songs of The XX in their debut CD xx, I wouldn't consider R&B as one of their influences. But hey, it's Pitchfork. Who am i to argue, right?

But going back to my real intent in posting this song, I just want to share the love I give with this new band from London. The XX was one of the best bands who came out last year and they are ready to take over 2010. Islands is my favorite track from their album xx. The sugary vocals of singer/guitarist Romy Madley Croft fitly blends with bassist Oliver Sim bland voice which is a perfect combination for this simple pop song about contentment. Maybe that's the reason why I fell in love with this song, sometimes you don't need technical reasons to appreciate good music, it's the big impact no matter how simple the song is.