The xx factor: A band with a difference

The minimalist four-piece band from a Notting Hill garage are equally awed by Pixies and AaliyahUnder the pale blue painted metal of Putney Bridge, beside the Thames in west London, is a tiny black and red door. Oliver Sim, a teenager with a high, oily quiff, dressed in black clothes and gold chains, leads me towards it. "This is our studio," he says shyly, as trains rattle overhead. "It's a bit noisy, isn't it? You can hear the trains when we record here, but we leave them in."Oliver is one of ...

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