concert: the XX

After what seemed to be ages I finally saw one of my favorite bands, the XX,perform yesterday night. I remember discovering them in the cold winter of 2010 and they immediately hypnotized me with their moving lyrics and minimalistic arrangements always underlined by a heart-skipping-beat and mesmerizing bass line. 

                   

I was a bit frightened that a big scary arena would make their sound less fantasic than it sounded in my head but after singing the first song a bit hesitantly (Romy Madley Croft) they totally nailed the rest of the gig. Jamie Smith (behind the decks and drums)made us even shake our heads I-love-techno wise from time to time. Quote of the evening by frontman Oliver Sim  "I never thought an arena could be so quiet... I like it"  made me like them even more. They have such a large audience worldwide but nonetheless they were so humble, thanking us so much for our support the past years. No drama or big rockstar behaviour at all. Haaa, performances like that make life even better. I'm hypnotized and humming the XX tunes for the next couple of day.

  

Glaciers have melted to the sea

                              I wish the tide would take me over

I've been down on my knees 

and you just keep on getting closer

Here's the mesmerizing song "intro" performed yesterday night. Excuse-my-french for the bad quality: