Connection. Coexist (album) Romy Madley Croft pursued more personal songwriting after considering listeners' expectations. In 2011, the group opened their own recording studio in London and began writing songs for Coexist during the summer.[4][12] Each member—guitarist Romy Madley Croft, bassist Oliver Sim, and Jamie xx—wrote music individually and recorded snippets using GarageBand or their phones.[13] Both Croft and Sim drew on personal experiences and wrote more direct lyrics than on xx to express complex emotions.[11] Sim said of his songwriting for Coexist, "I found myself being a lot less 'moons and stars' and being a lot more literal.
"[11] Croft felt more expectations from listeners than when the group debuted and consequently turned to more personal songwriting for Coexist: Jamie xx's production was heavily influenced by his live DJ sets.[11] Croft and Sim echo each other across the album, never quite duetting, more like two people singing their own versions of the same story ... both aching with regret.
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Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel. Peter Gabriel – Amazing voice combined with touching lyrics | Ruelicke.net. The first time I heard and enjoyed a song by Peter Gabriel I didn’t know how the song was named nor did I know who made that song. A few years later I saw the record of a concert by a – back then to me unknown – artist named Peter Gabriel on TV. I enjoyed the music and the show until I saw him playing Sledgehammer and I asked myself: “Hey, I know that song, it is awsome!”. Since then I’m some kind of a fan of Peter Gabriel. I’m owning some music from him, but I didn’t attend a concert or so.Anyway, I don’t know if you ever heard about him. So let me give you some information about him. Who is Peter Gabriel? I could try to write an own description, but I think Wikipedia has a very good article about Peter Gabriel: Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. After I saw the recorded concert on TV, I did some research about Peter Gabriel and found a lot more songs I really like.
My personal top 5 of Peter Gabriel’s songs are: Sledgehammer. Video. Girls- The 1975. Artist Explanation. Illmerica- Wolfgang Gartner. Official Video: Wolfgang Gartner – Illmerica. Illmerica. Title and Packaging. Main : Davy Evans. Davy Evans Email. Next Step. Video screenshot. The xx. History[edit] 2005-2009: formation[edit] 2009–2011: xx[edit] Romy Madley Croft in a concert in Barcelona in 2009 Oliver Sim in a concert in Barcelona in 2009 In late 2009, second guitarist and keyboardist Baria Qureshi left the group. Initial reports stated that this was due to exhaustion, but Oliver Sim later said that the rest of the band made this decision, "Also to be fair to her, people have an idea about that she left the band.
She didn't. The band were nominated for 'Best British Album', 'Best British Breakthrough' and 'Best British Band' at the 2011 BRIT Awards held on 15 February 2011 at the O2 Arena in London; however, they did not win in any of the categories.[26] 2011–present: Coexist[edit] In December 2011, Smith revealed that he wanted to release their second LP ahead of their festival appearances the following year and that it was inspired by "club music". In August 2012, The xx was featured on the cover of Issue #81 of the Fader.[30] Influences[edit] Members[edit] Past Members.