Best albums of 2012, No 8: The xx – Coexist

Continuing our countdown of the year's best albums is the xx's second LP, which didn't break new ground so much as cover old terrain with even more delicacy and poiseThe xx's first album had debuted a sound – a spectral melange of post-punk and R&B – that seemed unprecedented. It went on to soundtrack everything from Newsnight to Greece's Next Top Model, was sampled by Rihanna and won the Mercury prize. So the pressure was on for the follow-up. Coexist didn't manage to reinvent their sound â...

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