themed week // The XX, Last Christmas

The XX are a British alternative rock band, created in 2005 and composed by Romy Madley Croft (vocals and guitars), Oliver Sim (vocals and bass guitar) and Jamie Smith (beats and production).

Since the beginning of their career, they've released two records XX (2009) and Coexist (2012).
They are considered to be one of the British latest music sensations.
Read our previous posts about them - here and here.

Last Christmas it's an original by Wham! and it was released in 1984. As some other songs, this song is a sad love song that is usually related with Christmas.

This song was covered by different artists like Coldplay, David Fonseca and Arctic Monkeys, check our last year's version here.

This cover of Last Christmas was recorded on a special session made for BBC Radio 1.

"Tell me, baby, 
Do you recognize me? 
Well, It's been a year, 
It doesn't surprise me 
(Merry Christmas)"

The XX - Angels

This is the new song by The XX, a British indie-pop group. The song was released on July the 16 as the lead single of their second and new album called Coexist, to be released next month.

Jamie Smith (known by the stage name Jamie xx): The majority of stuff I'm working on now is The xx stuff. We're just about to start recording. Hopefully we'll get it done in time for most festivals next year, because that's the most fun. (...) We've all come back off tour and been partying a bit more. We left when we were 17 and we missed out on that chunk of our lives when everyone else was partying. Club music has definitely had an influence on the next record. (December 2011)

Coexist comes after the very well aclamed debut album XX, which was part of the "best of the year" lists, placing second for NME.

And everyday

I am learning about you

The things that no one else sees

And the end comes too soon

Like dreaming of angels

And leaving without them