Video Of The Week: The XX

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Brad Kelly

07th January 2010
At 20:07 GMT

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They managed to snatch our 2009 Album Of The Year award and have been the name on everyone's lips over the past twelve months so how could we not feature The XX as our very first 2010 'Video Of The Week'?

You're quite right, we simply had to.

The below video was shot by the newly created Amsterdam Acoustic music site who only started up in July of '09. One of their very first video's is of The XX performing the album-track Crystalised and it shows a swiftly rising Oliver Sim and Romy Croft croon and pluck their acoustic hearts out on an Amsterdam bridge in the middle of the day.

The sound could be sharper, the cinematography could be a little more adventurous and hell, the duo could've probably played the song a little better but it's that youthful, bashful amateurishness that actually makes the video so unique. It's also great to see how attuned the two are with one-another, even before the record was out.

Give it a watch below and as always, let us kow what you guys think at the bottom of the page.

Previous Videos Of The Week:

Rage Against The Machine
Make Good Your Escape
Mumford & Sons
Espers, Woods & The Cave Singers
Hush Arbors
The Twilight Sad
Interpol
Silversun Pickups
Mew
Woodpigeon
Brand New, Manchester Orchestra, Kevin Devine
Minus The Bear
Arcade Fire
Queens Of The Stone Age
Wild Beasts
Mazzy Star
Dawn Landes
Rock Plaza Central
Flying Lotus
Dirty Projectors
Jose Gonzalez
Grizzly Bear
Yeasayer
Doves
Wintersleep
Manchester Orchestra
Sigur Ros
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Death Cab For Cutie
The Shins
Deftones
Cold War Kids
Maps & Atlases
Fleet Foxes
Bob Marley
Elbow
Joanna Newsom
Ben Kweller
The National
Bon Iver
Johnny Cash
Jeff Buckley
Champion
Editors
Thom Yorke
Cherry Ghost

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