First Listen: The xx - Coexist (album stream)

The Mercury Prize winners' songs play like introductions to longer pieces that will eventually explode into bludgeoning catharsis - and yet instead merely whisper, shimmer and seethe some more. The xx lets its songs billow out softly and quietly, with only pretty guitar lines to lessen the tension. The xx's new album, Coexist, comes out Sept. 11. Read more »

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