As if the cosmos were somehow listening to my thoughts, just as I started a pleasant rediscovery of the xx's first album, the internet bears me a gift of new xx material. Here we have "Open Eyes", a very stripped down version of a new song off of the in-progress sophomore effort. Sophomore albums are scary ones. Great bands have crumbled beneath awkward attempts to evolve (Wolf Parade) and some have thrived (Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver). Hopefully when all the bells and whistles are added to this one, it retains what sounds like a solid core.
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