The xx: the band with the world at their feet | Music

After their Mercury-winning debut album, the xx embarked on a year-long global tour. The photographer Jamie-James Medina went with them ...Sixteen months ago, in August 2009, the xx launched their dark and often mysterious debut album with a gig in London's Hoxton Hall. Recalling it, the band's bassist and singer Oliver Sim is exact about the number of people in attendance: 112.A year later, in September, the three-piece found themselves playing to an audience of 5,000 at the Hollywood Pallad...

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