I-XX ibhendi ye-English indie pop eyakhiwe ngo-2005 e-Wandsworth, e-London. Iqembu likhiphe i-albhamu yalo yokuqala ethi XX ngo-Agasti 2009. I-albhamu ifinyelele kwabayishumi abahamba phambili ngo-2009, yafinyelela phezulu kunombolo-1 ohlwini lwe-The Guardian kanye nenombolo 2 ku-NME.
Ngo-2010, ibhendi yawina uMklomelo Womculo weMercury nge-albhamu yawo yokuqala. I-albhamu yabo yesibili ethi Coexist ikhishwe ngoSepthemba 10, 2012, kwathi i-albhamu yabo yesithathu ethi I See You yabona umhlaba eminyakeni emi-5 kamuva ngoJanuwari 13, 2017.
2005-2009: Ukwakhiwa kwe-XX
Wonke amalungu amane aqale ahlangana e-Elliott School eLondon. Ngendlela, lesi sikole saziwa ngokuzala abaculi nabaculi abaningi emhlabeni, njengalokhu: Ukungcwatshwa, i-Four Tet ne-Hot Chip.
U-Oliver Sim no-Romy Madeley-Croft bakha iqembu njenge-duo lapho beneminyaka engaba ngu-15 ubudala. Umdlali wesigingci uBariya Qureshi wajoyina i-2005 kwathi unyaka owodwa kamuva uJamie Smith wajoyina ibhendi.
Kodwa ngemva kokuhamba kuka-Baria ngo-2009, kwasala amalungu amathathu kuphela eqembu le-pop - laba ngu-Oliver, uRomy noJamie.
Imibiko yokuqala yathi kwakungenxa yokukhathala, kodwa u-Oliver Sim kamuva wavuma ukuthi abafana bebhendi bazenzele ngokwabo isinqumo:
“Ngithanda ukuphikisa amanye amahlebezi ... abaningi bathi yena ngokwakhe walishiya iqembu. Kodwa akunjalo. Kwakuyisinqumo esathathwa mina, uRomy noJamie. Futhi bekufanele kwenzeke."
UMadeley-Croft kamuva waqhathanisa lokhu "kwehlukana" nesehlukaniso somndeni.
2009-2011: XX
I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu i-XX yahlangatshezwana nokutuswa okubucayi futhi yathola isilinganiso "sokuhlonishwa kwendawo yonke" ku-Metacritic.
I-albhamu iphinde yafika endaweni yokuqala ohlwini lwamabhendi aphezulu onyakeni, yabeka inombolo 9 ohlwini lwe-Rolling Stone kanye nenombolo yesibili ku-NME.
Ohlwini lwango-50 lwe-NME The Future 2009, i-XX yakleliswa endaweni yesi-6, kwathi ngo-Okthoba 2009 yaqanjwa njengelinye lamaqembu ayi-10 aphezulu e-MTV i-Iggyc Buzz (ku-CMJ Music Marathon 2009).
I-albhamu yabo ikhishwe kulebula yase-UK i-Young Turks ngo-Agasti 17, 2009. Phezu kokuthi leli qembu like lasebenza nabadidiyeli abafana noDiplo noKwes, linqume ukuzikhiqizela elalo. Ngokusho kwabaculi ngokwabo, i-albhamu ye-XX yaqoshwa egaraji elincane elaliyingxenye ye-studio ye-XL Recordings.
Kungani lapho? Ukugcina isimo esikhethekile nesimo. Lokhu bekuvame ukuba sebusuku, okwenze i-albhamu ibe sezingeni eliphansi.
Ngo-Agasti 2009, ibhendi yamemezela ukuvakasha kwayo bukhoma. I-XX ivakashele abaculi abafana ne-Friendly Fires, The Big Pink kanye noMicachu.
Futhi impumelelo yabo yokuqala yaba ngenxa ye-Crystalised eyodwa. Nguye owashaya i-iTunes (UK) njenge "single of the week", kusukela ngo-Agasti 18, 2009.
Izingoma eziphuma ku-albhamu zivezwe kakhulu kumabonakude nasemithonjeni yezindaba efana nalena: 24/7, Umuntu Othakaselayo, ukusakazwa kwe-NBC Kwemidlalo Yama-Olympic Yasebusika ka-2010; futhi phakathi neziqephu zeCold Case, Suits, Mercy, Next Top Model, Bedlam, Hung, 90210.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, bacoshelwe ukukhangisa kwe-E4 ngoMashi 2010 ku-90210, Misfits, Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2011 show fashion, Waterloo Road nakwifilimu ethi I Am Number Four.
NgoJanuwari 2010, uMat Groening wakhetha ibhendi ukuthi alidlale ku-All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, ayikhetha eMinehead, eNgilandi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqembu selidlale imikhosi yomculo emihlanu edume kakhulu eNyakatho Melika: i-Coachella, iSasquatch, iBonnaroo, iLollapalooza kanye ne-Austin City Limits.
NgoMeyi 2010, i-BBC yasebenzisa ithrekhi yesingeniso ukumboza ukhetho lukazwelonke lwango-2010. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni ibhendi idlale ingoma esiqeshini seNewsnight.
Ingoma iphinde yathathwa encwadini kaRihanna ethi Drunk on Love ekwicwecwe lakhe elithi Talk That Talk. Iphinde yasetshenziselwa isigcawu sokugcina sefilimu ka-2012 i-Project X, futhi yadlalwa ngaphambi kwemidlalo ye-UEFA Euro 2012 ezinkundleni zemidlalo e-Poland nase-Ukraine.
NgoSepthemba 2010, i-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu yazuza uMklomelo we-Barclaycard Mercury, yawina i-albhamu yonyaka yaseBrithani ne-Irish.
Ngemuva kokusakazwa bukhoma komcimbi, i-albhamu inyuke isuka kunombolo-16 yaya kunombolo 3 emashadini omculo, okuholele ekuthengisweni okuphindwe kabili.
Umkhankaso wokumaketha we-XL ukhule kakhulu kulandela lokhu kuwina okukhulu. Ngenxa yodumo, iXL Recordings ithe ikhiphe amaCD angaphezu kuka-40 000 ezinsukwini ezilandela amaMercury Awards.
Umqondisi Ophethe we-XL u-Ben Beardsworth wachaza, "Ngempumelelo ye-Mercury...izinto zibe ngcono kakhulu futhi iqembu lizofinyelela izethameli ezengeziwe ngomculo walo."
Ibhendi yaqokelwa i-"Best British Album", "Best British Breakthrough" kanye "neBest British Group" kuma-BRIT Awards ka-2011, abanjwe zi-15 February 2011 e-O2 Arena eLondon. Nokho abawinanga kunoma yimuphi umkhakha.
2011-2013: Ukujabulela amafestivali
NgoDisemba 2011, uSmith umemezele ukuthi ufuna ukukhipha i-albhamu yesibili. “Izinto eziningi engisebenza ngazo njengamanje yi-XX futhi sesizoqala ukuqopha. Ngethemba ukuthi sizokwenza ngesikhathi semikhosi eminingi ngonyaka ozayo ngoba kufanele ibe yinhle kakhulu! "
Babuya ohambweni, baphumula kancane futhi beza emikhosini. Lapho bexoxa, bathi: “Lapho sineminyaka engu-17 ubudala, saphuthelwa yile ngxenye yokuphila kwethu lapho bonke abanye bezijabulisa. Umculo weqembu ube nomthelela nakanjani ku-albhamu yethu yesibili."
NgoJuni 1, 2012, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi i-albhamu yesibili kaCoexist izophuma ngoSepthemba 10. NgoJulayi 16, 2012, bakhiphe i-Angels njengeyodwa ye-Coexist. Ngo-Agasti 2012, i-XX yavezwa kukhava ye-#81 yomagazini i-Fader. Ngenxa yokushuba, i-albhamu yaphuma ngisho nangaphambi komnqamulajuqu ababewubekile. Kakade ngoSepthemba 3, ngokubambisana ne-Internet Explorer The XX, i-albhamu yesibili ephelele yakhululwa.
Iqembu liqhubekile nokucula emikhosini. Futhi ngo-September 9, 2012, phambi kwezilaleli eziningi, iqembu lamemezela ukuthi lalizoqhuba uhambo lwalo lokuqala lwaseNyakatho Melika, oluzoqala ngo-October 5 eVancouver (Canada).
Ngo-2013, i-XX yabamba uchungechunge lwamakhonsathi amathathu ngesitayela somkhosi othi "Night + Day" eBerlin, eLisbon naseLondon. Amafestivali afake amakhonsathi namasethi o-DJ abakhiwe iqembu, okuhlanganisa i-Kindness ne-Mount Kimbie.
Ifestivali ngayinye yayiphetha ngekhonsathi yasebusuku yeqembu. Futhi ngalowo nyaka, i-XX yaqokwa kuma-Brit Awards for Best British Band, naphezu kokulahlekelwa yi-Mumford & Sons.
Ngo-April 2013, i-XX ifake ingoma ethi Ndawonye kumculo osemthethweni we-The Great Gatsby. Futhi I-Fox Broadcasting isebenzise ithrekhi yabo Yesethulo ukumboza Uchungechunge Lomhlaba.
2014-2017: Sebenza kokuthi Ngiyakubona
NgoMeyi 2014, ibhendi yamemezela ukuthi izosebenza ku-albhamu yesithathu yesitudiyo. Bazosizwa nguphrojusa uRodaid McDonald eMarfa Recording Studios eTexas.
NgoMeyi 2015, u-Jamie wathi irekhodi lizoba "nomqondo ohluke ngokuphelele" kunama-albhamu abo adlule. Kuwo wonke u-2015, leli qembu laqhubeka nomsebenzi walo futhi lahlela ukuthi i-albhamu izophuma ekupheleni kuka-2016. Kodwa, ukuze yonke into ibe sezingeni eliphezulu, baxwayise umphakathi ngokuthi badinga isikhathi esengeziwe.
NgoNovemba 2016, i-XX yamemezela ukuthi i-albhamu yabo yesithathu, ethi, I See You, izokhishwa ngoJanuwari 13, 2017. Ngaso leso sikhathi bakhiphe ingoma ethi On Hold. NgoNovemba 19, 2016, i-XX yavela njengesivakashi somculo ngoMgqibelo Night Live. Bacula izingoma ezithi On Hold nethi I Dare You. NgoJanuwari 2, 2017, ibhendi yakhipha ingoma yesibili ehamba phambili ye-albhamu ethi, Say Something Loving.
Leli qembu libuye lidume kakhulu kuze kube namuhla. Njalo ngonyaka ayinciphi ezilinganisweni, kodwa iyanda kuphela.
