Why the Xx are in a class of their own

On the eve of a US tour, the Xx trace their journey from the schoolyard to stardomIt feels more like a teenager's bedroom than a rock'n'roll dressing room. Childhood friends Oliver Sim and Romy Madley Croft sit drinking tea and chatting, while Jamie Smith messes around DJing on his laptop. A couple of years ago, this situation may well have been played out in one of their actual bedrooms a few miles away in Wandsworth, south-west London, but tonight we're backstage at Shepherd's Bush Empire, in ...

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